Disabling and Enabling Scandisk
and Chkdsk during the boot sequence
Introduction: If you've arrived at this page
directly from a link from a search engine or external web site, we
recommend that you first familiarise yourself with the problems
associated with running scandisk and chkdsk. The
information below will allow the Windows Scandisk and Chkdsk utilities
to be disabled.
Note: Implementation
of the information below may require modification of the Windows registry.
This can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall
your operating system. There is no guarantee that problems resulting
from modifications to the registry can be solved.
Disclaimer: The information
provided below is to be used at your own risk. Data Clinic accept
no liability whatsoever from it's use. If you
have a disk problem or data loss, we recommend that you contact us
On the toolbar click Start, click Run, type Msconfig,
and then click OK. Click Advanced, and select the Disable Scandisk
after bad shutdown option.
Disabling Scandisk - Windows ME
1. Run the Registry Editor (regedt32.exe)
2. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the
following subkey:
\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
3. Change the DisableScandiskOnBoot entry to:
01
(note: using the value 00 will re-enable)
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out
of Windows for the change to take effect.
Disabling Chkdsk - Windows 2000 and XP
1. Run the Registry Editor (regedt32.exe)
2. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the
following subkey:
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
3. Change the BootExecute entry to:
autocheck autochk *
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out
of Windows for the change to take effect.
