Vista Tutorial - Check Disk - chkdsk

Dear Brink or George,

I have the same problem with my vista.

Already downloaded the file 6.0.6001.18000 and replaced Autochk.exe and tried to get chkdsk to run at startup - no luck ( the file on my computer was a originally a different size (627K and the date was 1/20/2008 as opposed to the file I downloaded 716K and 1/19/2008)

and ran sfc /scannow and got the message that Windows found a corrupt file (CBS.log). But how could I repaired it?

It says,
"Verification 100% complete.
Windows Ressource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.
Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log."

Thanks for your advice.

Thank you, Shawn.
But i'm afraid to do that... it works now (somehow). Tsh! don't touch

I'd prefer to make a complete backup every few days, and let the system die - i have no time to kill it myself It'll happen anyway, as far as i know this software.

I'm NOT a system administrator, i bought a software with no choice (Dell sell it with Vista only), and i don't know how to repair all that sofisticated things, i just want to USE it..

BTW, great thanks to Microsoft and Dell Helpdesks for their care - i have a software that i paid for, and it does not work propertly, and they can't do anything; i have installed GSM card slot and no drivers anywhere (and no answer about that, just words "we're so happy to help you"); my Bluetooth is turning off sometimes... No help at all, though i paid for a full service. They suggest me to pay for one more year, i just received the letter. They are kidding? NO.

Amphibia,

I'm happy to hear that it is working for you now.

I would attach a copy of their so called help responses and send that in as payment instead.

Shawn

No, it does not work. It's still alive, that's pretty good for me...

Amphibia,

Well, it looks like the only thing that will fix the problem will be a clean reinstall when your ready to. In the mean time, I would be sure to keep backups of anything you do not want to lose to be safe.

well, it's the only way...
if my backup disk partition is better than actual windows.

I hope it is better.

dear brink,
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
i have a dell laptop and and for ages i wasnt able to run a checkdisk.
i have called tch support, and they were insufficient, telling me to take out battery, oush 10 secs to start, before startup blah blah..

i have tried all of the 4 methods you have listed none worked. the problem is, when pc startups, it cannot initiate thej ob that is secheduled. i have checked the scheduler, and made sure when we download that registry file and merge, everything is ok. but for some reason when you start up it doesn't initiate the job before windows setup.. no way..

anyways, last resort, as you have said and gave the above link, how to run at startup, i used the vista cd, started with dos prompt,
then check disk /f then checkdisk /r
ye-haaa..

my pc is significantly faster. however, itried to schedule the job again using wondows, nothing... it still doesnt pick up that way.. is that a problem? you tell me..
i have 2 questions for you now:
1- when i run checkdsk via vista cd at startup, is it the same thing compared to ordering to run it via the normal way from windows?..

2- i am getting some blue screens, out of the blue. i cant read all of it, but before i had those, they were due to a bad sector. and receiving such blue screens became more frequent then i couldnt run my pc anymore and had to buy a new harddrive.
i changed my harddrive oem, last year.
im fed up with this procedure. so i may have to do it again??..
whywould this be happening this much to me?
i never do gaming, i dont think im testing the limits of the laptop. and its pretty strong, 2.16 ghz, 4 gb, 180 gb with 7200 rpm..
so what's the deal?

and

3- is there a way to copy the hardrive to a something new, with all programs installed and all. b/c i have an older version of vista, even donloading sp1 and all updates takes over an hour.. it's very cumbersome and costly..

thanks again!
you are the best!

Hello Dr. Torque, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Have you also ran a sfc /scannow command to see if that can help fix chkdsk?


Q1) Yes, it is the exact same chkdsk being ran either way.

Q2) It would unusual to have hard drives failing on you like that all the time. If chkdsk /f /r cannot fix the bad sectors, then you might try formatting the drive to see if that may help any.

Q3) If you have Vista Ultimate, then it comes with a Complete PC Backup feature that will backup (clone) your entire hard drive. If not, then you can use a 3rd party program like Acronis True Image to create a clone of your hard drive. Both of these will allow you to restore your computer back to the same way it was when the complete PC backup was made on any hard drive.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

hey. i appreciate the prompt response.

to respond your question,
when i say i followd the 4 methods you listed, yes i also did the sfc thing. it ran as it should. it said it fiexed some stuff.. but nothing changed and it didnt run checkdisk afterwards at start up.

i think vista cd method is the shortest cut, and a time saver. it's a sure thing.
as i said i dont know if its a problem not being able to run it via windows though.

i think i will buy one of those 1 TB drives for $100 and clone the pc. and if the blue screens go crazy, and kill my hardrive. i'll just buy a new hardrive (sure would tryin formatting first) and (i also hope 10,000 rpm is hopefully cheaper and bigger compared to last year) i would copy to the internal hard drive from external TB...

otjerwise installing all these stuff one by one, even installing the video, audio, blah blah drives is a pain and dead time, stolen from your life.. it makes me crazy.. and you can;t get it done by paing someone else, as they may do a losu y job but you cant trust anybody else with these stuff...

as for bad sectors, according to the checkdisk records, none were found..
but you never know these things right, they come out of nowhere and just hit you in the guts... a $100 insurance is very reasonable : )
if the engineers made something calle cloning the harddisk, I would use it allright : )

thanks again brink!
youare themost dependable moderator/computer guy i have come across.