Problem with chkdsk

Recently started dual booting XP and Ubuntu. I have 4 pri partitions:

1- XP NTFS
2- Data FAT 32
3- Ubuntu
4- Data NTFS

I tried to run chkdsk by command

chkdsk C:
It ran OK, no errors etc. Then I tried command:

chkdsk C: /r
Obviously it asked for an option to run chkdsk at start up and I agree. Next time when I rebooted, chkdsk tried to run but then stopped with the message.

Can't open volume for direct access

I am not sure why it can't access the volume? It never happened before dual booting. Is the problem related to dual booting?

Anyway I don't care much bout this. I was running chkdsk without any special reason( was not having any problems at all) so I don't care if it can't run. Main problem is that now on every reboot, chkdsk tries to run but stops with same message. How can I get rid of it.

Thanks

 

Just read this in a post, might be worth a try:

"To cancel CHKDSK on start-up,open cmd type:CHKntfs /X C: "

 

Tried but doesn,t seem to work. Will do a reboot and see!

 

It has just taken me the best part of a week (off and on ) to track down the same issue on one of my machines. I did a ground-up reinstall in the end only to find, late on in the re-build, that the problem reappeared again .

Gradually getting rid of applications finally pinned it down to my DigiTV software that was running in debug mode and creating a log at startup before chkdsk had a chance to run. There were some registry entries that needed deleting in my case and the problem went away.

You probably don't have a DigiTV card but I would guess that you may have some application that is conflicting in the same way. Had I found this a week ago it would have saved me a lot angst. However, I'm quite pleased with the newly built system now .

Graham

 

@Kerodo
@nexstar

Thanks for help. Command CHKntfs /X C: worked. No more issues.

Now I wonder why after setting my system as dual boot I can,t run chkdsk on boot up. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

Sorry aigle. I skipped the first part of your post when I saw the "Can't open volume for direct access" error . Although I would imagine that a similar thing is happening in that something is getting in before chkdsk can get exclusive access.

If you need to run it then it can always be done outside of Windows. In my case, I was just a bit surprised that anything else would have been able to get a look in before chkdsk.

Graham

 

I will try to disable some security software. ActuallY I have run it in the past without issues with almost same setup. Only major change seems to be dual booting.

 

Dual boot has no effect on chkdsk.
You have to choose the OS before chkdsk runs.
At tat point, chkdsk has no idea there are any other OS, and chkdsk only checks the partition indicated.

 

Hi Guys,

The best way to run 'chkdsk' is boot from your windows cd, choose 'R' to enter Repair Console, then run 'chkdsk.' This will avoid problems!

Take Care
Rico

 

Many people don,t have a window,s CD including me, just an image based recovery CD.

 

Fwiw, as a Rollback Rx user I have found runninig chkdsk /r from WiinXP's Recovery Console will often corrupt my RB snapshots! Conversely, I've never encountered this when initiating chkdsk /f from within Windows!

The following may remedy "chkdsk won't run at startup" problem, but because it involves a registry modification do backup first!
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 from:

autocheck autochk * /r\DosDevice\C: (or whatever)

to:

autocheck autochk *

Reboot and see if that does the trick.

 

Ok, will try it later. Thanks

 

I just restored a fresh iamge of my C partition and the problems seems to be solved. On first bootup after restore chkdsk ran OK. Will see what happens on next rebbot.