Vista - anything better than chkdsk?

Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28%
during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk check?
TIA

"Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28%
> during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk
> check?

Try running chkdsk from safe mode.

From an elevated command prompt give this command
fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
Enter

Does it show if the drive is dirty?

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's web
site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Run the diagnostics from
there.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28%
> during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk
> check?

Also make sure there is a full backup of all data. In some cases chkdsk can
result in unrecoverable data corruption.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rock wrote:
> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at
>> 28% during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this
>> disk check?
>
> Try running chkdsk from safe mode.
>
> From an elevated command prompt give this command
> fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
> Enter
>
> Does it show if the drive is dirty?
>
> Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's
> web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Run the
> diagnostics from there.
>
I believe the problem is not with the drive itself but rather some files
are corrupted and chkdsk is not able to fix...

"Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote

> Rock wrote:
>> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>>> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28%
>>> during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk
>>> check?
>>
>> Try running chkdsk from safe mode.
>>
>> From an elevated command prompt give this command
>> fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
>> Enter
>>
>> Does it show if the drive is dirty?
>>
>> Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's
>> web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Run the diagnostics
>> from there.
>>
> I believe the problem is not with the drive itself but rather some files
> are corrupted and chkdsk is not able to fix...


Ok, what about the answers to the questions? Is the dirty bit set? Did you
run diagnostics on the drive?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

so what are you going to do, whack his knuckles with a ruler if he does not obey.

GROW UP.



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"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message news:uQUgeI7jHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
"Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote

> Rock wrote:
>> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>>> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at 28%
>>> during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this disk
>>> check?
>>
>> Try running chkdsk from safe mode.
>>
>> From an elevated command prompt give this command
>> fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
>> Enter
>>
>> Does it show if the drive is dirty?
>>
>> Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's
>> web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Run the diagnostics
>> from there.
>>
> I believe the problem is not with the drive itself but rather some files
> are corrupted and chkdsk is not able to fix...


Ok, what about the answers to the questions? Is the dirty bit set? Did you
run diagnostics on the drive?

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rock wrote:
> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>
>> Rock wrote:
>>> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>>>> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at
>>>> 28% during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this
>>>> disk check?
>>>
>>> Try running chkdsk from safe mode.
>>>
>>> From an elevated command prompt give this command
>>> fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
>>> Enter
>>>
>>> Does it show if the drive is dirty?
>>>
>>> Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive
>>> manufacturer's web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD.
>>> Run the diagnostics from there.
>>>
>> I believe the problem is not with the drive itself but rather some
>> files are corrupted and chkdsk is not able to fix...
>
>
> Ok, what about the answers to the questions? Is the dirty bit set?
Yes, fsutil shows the drive is "dirty"

Did
> you run diagnostics on the drive?
>
Yes, diag tool from Seagate shows the drive is fine.

What I did to get rid of the "dirty bit":
1) boot into WinXP. I dual boot winxp and vista with boot-us
(www.boot-us.com). With boot-us, my xp and vista does not have access to
each other's files and each os' boot up files are located at their
respective partition.
2) delete vista partition
3) crate a new partition at the vista partition location but specified a
smaller partition size using Acronis Disk Director
4) format new partition and verify the partition is not "dirty"
5) delete the newly created partition
6) restore vista backup image using Acronis True Image.
7) Boot up Vista and no prompt is made to perform chkdsk.

"Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:eUotKaQkHHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Rock wrote:
>> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>>
>>> Rock wrote:
>>>> "Jim" <jim@invalid.com> wrote
>>>>> Every time I start up Vista Ultimate, chkdsk is ran but finished at
>>>>> 28% during stage 2 of 3. Anyway to check the disk to get rid of this
>>>>> disk check?
>>>>
>>>> Try running chkdsk from safe mode.
>>>>
>>>> From an elevated command prompt give this command
>>>> fsutil dirty query C: [Replace C with the letter for the drive.]
>>>> Enter
>>>>
>>>> Does it show if the drive is dirty?
>>>>
>>>> Download a drive diagnostic utility from the hard drive manufacturer's
>>>> web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Run the
>>>> diagnostics from there.
>>>>
>>> I believe the problem is not with the drive itself but rather some files
>>> are corrupted and chkdsk is not able to fix...
>>
>>
>> Ok, what about the answers to the questions? Is the dirty bit set?
> Yes, fsutil shows the drive is "dirty"
>
> Did
>> you run diagnostics on the drive?
>>
> Yes, diag tool from Seagate shows the drive is fine.
>
> What I did to get rid of the "dirty bit":
> 1) boot into WinXP. I dual boot winxp and vista with boot-us
> (www.boot-us.com). With boot-us, my xp and vista does not have access to
> each other's files and each os' boot up files are located at their
> respective partition.
> 2) delete vista partition
> 3) crate a new partition at the vista partition location but specified a
> smaller partition size using Acronis Disk Director
> 4) format new partition and verify the partition is not "dirty"
> 5) delete the newly created partition
> 6) restore vista backup image using Acronis True Image.
> 7) Boot up Vista and no prompt is made to perform chkdsk.
>


Interesting. How was that Vista partition originally created where the
dirty bit was set and wouldn't change?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rock wrote:
> Interesting. How was that Vista partition originally created where the
> dirty bit was set and wouldn't change?
>

The Vista was installed with one single brand new hard drive in the
system. Once it is installed, the WinXP drive is added back to the
system and boot-us is installed for dual boot operation. The setup works
fine for week until Vista crashes. To restart the system, I have to hit
the reset button. From that point on, chkdsk is ran at every boot up of
Vista.

"Jim" wrote
> Rock wrote:
> > Interesting. How was that Vista partition originally created where the
>> dirty bit was set and wouldn't change?
>>
>
> The Vista was installed with one single brand new hard drive in the
> system. Once it is installed, the WinXP drive is added back to the system
> and boot-us is installed for dual boot operation. The setup works fine for
> week until Vista crashes. To restart the system, I have to hit the reset
> button. From that point on, chkdsk is ran at every boot up of Vista.

Ok, thanks.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]