CHDSK Loop

[brightstar]

Hi, iev seen this problem talked about a few time sbut up till now no decent answers.

all of a sudden, literally, my WIN XP Pro machine rebooted itself, then got stuck in a loop of re-starting, rebooting etc.

i turned off the machine, went back to it a minute later and it ran chkdsk. didnt report ay errors, but it didnt restart like it said it would. so i had to manually reboot it again.
this ahppens everyother time i turn on the mashine, and i cant defrag it with diskeeper until its finished a chkdsk run.
manually running chdks doesnt help either.

help!

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[bcastner]

Clear the "dirty" bit on the volume use chkntfs c: /x


Chkntfs
Displays or specifies whether automatic system checking is scheduled to be run on a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS volume when the computer is started.

Syntax
chkntfs volume: [...]

chkntfs [/d]

chkntfs [/t[:time]]

chkntfs [/x volume: [...]]

chkntfs [/c volume: [...]]

Parameters
volume: [...]
Required. Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name. Displays a message that identifies the file system of the specified volume. If automatic file checking is scheduled to be run, this parameter displays a message indicating whether the volume has been corrupted, which requires you to run chkdsk.
/d
Restores all chkntfs default settings, except the countdown time for automatic file checking. Default behavior is to check all volumes when the computer is started.
/t[:time]
Changes the Autochk.exe initiation countdown time to the specified amount of time entered in seconds. If you do not specify :time, /t displays the current countdown time.
/x volume: [...]
Excludes the specified volume from being checked when the computer starts, even if the volume is marked as requiring chkdsk.
/c volume: [...]
Schedules the specified volume to be checked when the computer starts.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.

 

[linney]

To know if you've got a file system error, you can type the following
command at the command prompt:

fsutil dirty query c: (replace c: with your drive letter)

If the response is that the volume is dirty, then a file system error has
occurred, and Chkdsk should run automatically at startup to fix the errors

May help: Disable or Enable CheckDisk Upon Boot (Line 82)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

218461 - Description of Enhanced Chkdsk, Autochk, and Chkntfs Tools in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;218461&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

831426 - Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831426&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

283340 - Chkdsk in Read-Only Mode Does Not Detect Corruption on NTFS Volume

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283340&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

316506 - Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316506&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH