My apologies - I must be one of those dumb people.
When I went to your answer, FIRST STEP was at the bottom of the display and
I assumed that was Step One. This mroning I scrolled down and found STEP ONE.
I'll try the fix as soon as I can.
BTW your replies are difficuklt to read with all the >>>> in them.
Thanks
--
Doug
"Brink" wrote:
Quote:
>
> Doug;765930 Wrote: Quote:
> > scf /scannow is the first thing I ran a week ago. It didn't fix the
> > problem.
> > Only starting in safe mode prevents chkdsk running at startup.
> > Something is
> > marking C: as DIRTY, but it isn't a service or a startup item.
> > --
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > "Brink" wrote: Quote:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doug;765898 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > > > > You've missed the point. My problem is the reverse - chkdsk ALWAYS
> > > > runs
> > > > > > at
> > > > > > startup
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Doug
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Brink" wrote:> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doug,
> > > >
> > > > It will stop chkdsk from always running at startup. See NOTE B
> > > under
> > > > Step One. 
> > > >
> > > > Just do Step One.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Brink
> > > >
> > > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > > > them.*
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> > > > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> > > > > > >
> Doug,
>
> Not that section. It's the one under it.
>
> "STEP ONE:
> Reset chkdsk BootExecute:"
>
> Chkdsk will Not Run at Startup in Vista
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
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