Conclusion On Chkdsk - It happens often that CHKDSK (Disk Checking Utility) runs in the time of booting up of computer bu it might be frustating when it occurs everytime we boot up. Fortunately this process can be turned off.
I am running windows XP from a longtime. I have once selected the option check drive for errors and it had been set up to run everytime I boot up my computer. I am not able to stop this process even after restarting the computer now. I don’t want this program to run in every start now and I am interested to shut the disk checking utility. How can I stop this process to take place?
Disk checking utility requires accessment with hard disk on which it is running while windows does not access with the hard disk ever as it is not capable to do so. It does mean that disk checking utility access itself with the hard disk before windows boot up. Normally it should not be scheduled to run again during restarting the computer once it has checked the disk for errors. Before turning of this process you need to notice is there any message indicating errors on the disk.
- You have to modify settings in windows registry to inactive the scanning and prior to it you should back up windows registry.
- First of all, click on start, then click on run, type ‘regedit’ here and press ok. It results to the opening of registry editor.
- You will see a folder ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE’ here, click on the (+) sign here to expand the list which will open the contents of that folder.
- Underneath this folder you will get a folder ‘system’, expand it and underneath this folder click and expand ‘currentcontrolset’.
- Now you will see a folder control, expand it up and select session manager. Then in right hand pane click on BootExecute. This allow you to remove the information we need to change. A dialog box will open showing the command ‘autocheck autochk /p \??\C:’ which you have to change.
- Now replace ‘/p \??\C:’ with ‘*’, resulting command will be autocheck autochk*.
- Press Ok in order to close this dialog box.
- Close ‘registry editor’and next time booting up will not undergo running disk checking utility.
I believe that this will work to close disk checking utility on every boot up in your computer but I suggest to shut down computer properly by logging off windows in order to allow windows to save the current setting exactly otherwise the setting might fail.
