One of your disks need to be checked for consistency

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I have the same problem but it doesn't get solved : since you can't do an immediate chkdsk /f /r on the boot volume c:, chkdsk is scheduled for the next reboot, where it freezes at 1 second.
If you first type chkntfs /x c:, chkdsk doesn't run and doesn't fix anything ...

The same procedure in safe mode doesn't help either :-(

It's so frustrating : you always end up in the same loop ... help !
 

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If you first type chkntfs /x c:, chkdsk doesn't run and doesn't fix anything ...

That's because it's not supposed to pal "X" means don't check the drive.

Did you follow the directions step by step because if you get a command wrong or miss a space etc. it won't work. ;)
 

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I have the same problem but it doesn't get solved : since you can't do an immediate chkdsk /f /r on the boot volume c:, chkdsk is scheduled for the next reboot, where it freezes at 1 second.
If you first type chkntfs /x c:, chkdsk doesn't run and doesn't fix anything ...

The same procedure in safe mode doesn't help either :-(

It's so frustrating : you always end up in the same loop ... help !

I encountered this problem twice now. The second time was just a couple days ago, and occurred as a result of my interrupting a program download from the net, where somehow it seems a dirty bit wound up on the hard drive and once again the so-called "Consistency" problem.

Schedule CHKDSK /F /R ... as an Administrator..., and then shutdown. Restart the machine, but right from the get-go, before it boots to the error message, press F8 multiple times until the boot options menu is displayed. Once displayed, select SAFE MODE, and press ENTER. A multi-page list of Windows files scroll by and halts at some point and seemingly freezes. At the bottom it says "Please wait...." The operative word is WAIT. At first, I thought the thing froze up again, but after a couple trys, and not waiting, I got a phone call that kept my hands away from buttons, and while I was on the phone with my back turned, the damned thing booted up and everything was back to normal.

Mike
 

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Thanks, I'll give it another try and wait for a couple of hours ...
 

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Regarding waiting for CHKDSK to do its thing ... My guess is that the length of the wait could be long, depending on hard disk size. Mine is 750 gig, and as I recall, the wait was something more than 10 mins, since that's at least how long the phone call took that I mentioned in my prior post... i.e., the phone call that kept me away from the machine, and the keyboard, and the power button.

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Excellent, and Comprehensive! .... I printed the instructions out for future reference. Thanks Greg!
 

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Thanks a lot for your help. Volume c: is now clean.
I managed to run chkdsk /f /r c: after booting via the "100 MB System Partition" (repair your computer) in safe mode.
One (hopefully) final question : do I have to reset chkntfs back to normal via the chkntfs /d command in order to overrride chkntfs /x ?

Happy new year to you all !
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hey, i noticed you had the same exact problem regarding the NTFS consistency check, yet you fixed it? I've been trying to follow your steps to the T to try and get the same fix. let me see if i have your directions correctly.
1 start up safe mode with c: prompt
type chkdsk /f /r c:
type Y to scheduling restart. (you then said you rebooted your computer? yet i cant open the windows button to restart UNLESS i use ctrl alt delete and restart from there.
2 Start up in JUST safe mode
and you actually made it past the screen where it lists all your drivers and tells you to "please wait" at the bottom, for me it gets stuck here, i waited 30 minuites before holding down the power button.
please help me get u directions correctly, this is a new comp i bought 6 months ago with my own money and it runs quite nicely when i can actually have a clean bootup that doesnt freeze at the consistency check
-thanks for ur patience
-andy
 

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Problem Solved, held down F8 when booting up and selected the Repair option.
I did two things and one of them (i dont know which) fixed it.
I opened command prompt and typed both chkdsk /f /r c: and chkdsk /f c: seperate from eachother. nothing apeared to fix itself but aparently it did

the other thing i did was (while i was in repair mode) did the system restore/repair button and when i hit "Finish" it restarted my computer.

After doing both of those things ^^ I opened my Cmd Prompt and typed fsutil dirty query to see if my C drive was still "dirty" like it said before, yet THIS TIME it said "is NOT dirty" and i have had no more issues :)
 

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Problem Solved, held down F8 when booting up and selected the Repair option.
I did two things and one of them (i dont know which) fixed it.
I opened command prompt and typed both chkdsk /f /r c: and chkdsk /f c: seperate from eachother. nothing apeared to fix itself but aparently it did

the other thing i did was (while i was in repair mode) did the system restore/repair button and when i hit "Finish" it restarted my computer.

After doing both of those things ^^ I opened my Cmd Prompt and typed fsutil dirty query to see if my C drive was still "dirty" like it said before, yet THIS TIME it said "is NOT dirty" and i have had no more issues :)

My girlfriend's computer was giving me this issue yesterday. I did everything you outlined, and after hours of scanning, the disk was "NOT dirty". However, today on start up, she got a message saying something to the effect of googlechrome.exe was causing an issue and that I needed to run chkdsk. Today, the c drive is "dirty" yet again. Have any clue if google chrome would cause an issue? I uninstalled chrome and it still is saying that the drive is dirty. Thanks!
 

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having same problem

I am trying to do this on my g/f's computer and i am getting the same error message that it cannot lock drive b/c volume is busy and i did type in the correct command, is there anything else i can type
 

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I am trying to do this on my g/f's computer and i am getting the same error message that it cannot lock drive b/c volume is busy and i did type in the correct command, is there anything else i can type

Try this:

Go to Windows Explorer. Right click the drive. Choose properties, then tools.

Then choose "check now" under error checking.

Click the start button at the next Window.
 

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This used to work in XP and Vista ... haven't come across it in win7 but you could try it .. dunno if it will work

The operating system would run ScanDisk on F: drive, stating that the computer did not shut down properly, and needs to be checked for consistency .... which is not true. The system then runs a full ScanDisk on drive F: and gives an error-free report. Then after that, each time it boots, it runs ScanDisk on F: drive all over again and finds no errors.

Well this is what Windows refers to as "setting the dirty bit" and what you have to do is unset that bit. Every time Windows starts, autochk.exe is called by the kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume. It is usually caused by a hard shut down or a power loss during a read-right operation on that particular drive.

You will need to open a command prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator” (or use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut from the search box)

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and then type

fsutil dirty query f: (substitute the letter "f" with the drive that is giving you problems)

To see the other commands for fsutil type fsutil plus /? or just type fsutil alone. Here is what you will see:

fsutil
---- Commands Supported ----

behavior Control file system behavior
dirty Manage volume dirty bit
file File specific commands
fsinfo File system information
hardlink Hardlink management
objectid Object ID management
quota Quota management
reparsepoint Reparse point management
sparse Sparse file control
usn USN management
volume Volume management

This queries the drive, and more than likely it will tell you that it is dirty. Next, type

CHKNTFS /X f:

The X tells Windows to NOT check that particular drive on the next reboot. At this time, manually reboot your computer, it should not do a Chkdsk and take you directly to Windows.

Once Windows has fully loaded, bring up another CMD prompt and type and now you want to do a Chkdsk manually by typing

Chkdsk /f /r f:

This should take you through 5 stages of the scan and will unset that dirty bit. this takes a while so be patient. Finally, type

fsutil dirty query f:

and Windows will confirm that the dirty bit is not set on that drive. It will give you this message:

Volume - f: is NOT Dirty

From here we are back to some sense of normality .... ;)

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I know nothing about computers,and after having the same issues, I followed these steps as written, and it worked perfectly. Much respect to those who are this wise. THANK YOU! To those who might need to take these steps, he does mean be patient! It does take some time, but works!
 

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Hiya LittleRiver pal and welcome to the forums :)

Just glad it helped you out ;)
 

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All these clever answers !
I did ...
Start
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Right click on drive C
Properties
Tools
in Check for errors: check now
Check both boxes
Start
Now go and have a cup of tea
 

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