Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed soft

[hotzpacho]

hello everyone - this is my first post and i'm in need of some serious assistance. i hope someone can help.

I have a custom desktop with an intel i7 3820, asus rampage iv mb, 32gb ram, gtx580 fermi, and a crucial 256gb ssd. I have additional hard drives that run programs and store files, but the ssd is the main boot drive. I'm also running windows 7 pro 64 bit.

about 2 weeks ago i had a few windows updates. While updating the updating process appeared to have froze so i had to do a hard restart. i attempted to repeat the update, but the same problem ensued, rinse wash and repeat. I can't remember if it happened twice or three times, but either way i stopped trying to update.

Upon the final startup i received an autochk prior to windows loading. After autochk proceeded to scan i received the error "autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package".

I found a link over at Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package. | Dave Schaefer's Surreal Paradigm that seemed to explain a simple fix, but when i booted from the windows install disk > repair > no drives were present.

So now I'm scratching my head on how to fix this. I've tried to schedule a chkdsk on a restart via cmd prompt, but still no success.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

 

[Ztruker]

That board has UEFI Bios. You may have to use Legacy mode and disable Secure boot.

How did you install Win 7 initially?

 

[hotzpacho]

Installed via install disk, bought through newegg