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How to permanently disable Disk Check / Remove dirty bit that runs chkdsk upon reboot
I've been asking this question every once in a while for the past few years, no answer yet, it's 2005, let's try again
First of all,
• I understand that this "shouldn't be done," thank you
• Quick Googled Microsoft Docs solution is only temporary not permanent.
It's easy to disable Scandisk from running automatically at start up on Windows 98/Me, but I've been trying for years (for the last five years) to find a way to do that in Windows XP that would stick.
I manually scan the drive and do an image restore all the time so I have no need for automatic Disk Check (chkdsk) in Windows XP if it the power goes out. Here's the temporary trick:
Start Menu > Run... > Regedt32.exe
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager
Double click on BootExecute on the right side of the screen
change the value from default
autocheck autochk *
to:
autocheck autochk /k:cdef*
Where it says
/k:cdef*
that means drives c,d,e,f (you can substitute drive letters if you wish)
but autocheck autochk * returns every once in a while, re-enabling Disk Check (chkdsk).
The closest idea I had is to to find a way to assign a Read-Only attribute to just the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ BootExecute
and no other subkey.
Can this be done?
Question 2: I have a dual boot XP/Me, if I boot into Me, how do I remove the dirty bit from the drive that's causing XP to run chkdsk because the power went out and the computer wasn't shut down 'properly'?
By the way for those that are interested:
98/Me doesn't reset itself, it's easy there:
To disable Scandisk from running automatically at start up on Windows 98/Me:
1. Start Menu > Run...
2. type
Msconfig
then click on OK
3. Click on Advanced... button
4. Check "Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown option"
5. OK, OK, then click Yes to restart the computer.
Would be much obliged if anyone could figure this out, even if the answer is "it's impossible, Windows XP is setup that way..."
I've been asking this question every once in a while for the past few years, no answer yet, it's 2005, let's try again
First of all,
• I understand that this "shouldn't be done," thank you
• Quick Googled Microsoft Docs solution is only temporary not permanent.
It's easy to disable Scandisk from running automatically at start up on Windows 98/Me, but I've been trying for years (for the last five years) to find a way to do that in Windows XP that would stick.
I manually scan the drive and do an image restore all the time so I have no need for automatic Disk Check (chkdsk) in Windows XP if it the power goes out. Here's the temporary trick:
Start Menu > Run... > Regedt32.exe
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager
Double click on BootExecute on the right side of the screen
change the value from default
autocheck autochk *
to:
autocheck autochk /k:cdef*
Where it says
/k:cdef*
that means drives c,d,e,f (you can substitute drive letters if you wish)
but autocheck autochk * returns every once in a while, re-enabling Disk Check (chkdsk).
The closest idea I had is to to find a way to assign a Read-Only attribute to just the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ BootExecute
and no other subkey.
Can this be done?
Question 2: I have a dual boot XP/Me, if I boot into Me, how do I remove the dirty bit from the drive that's causing XP to run chkdsk because the power went out and the computer wasn't shut down 'properly'?
By the way for those that are interested:
98/Me doesn't reset itself, it's easy there:
To disable Scandisk from running automatically at start up on Windows 98/Me:
1. Start Menu > Run...
2. type
Msconfig
then click on OK
3. Click on Advanced... button
4. Check "Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown option"
5. OK, OK, then click Yes to restart the computer.
Would be much obliged if anyone could figure this out, even if the answer is "it's impossible, Windows XP is setup that way..."