AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time - Change

How to Change AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

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This will show you how to change the AUTOCHK initiation countdown time to how many seconds you would like to have for the To skip disk checking, press and key within 10 second(s) option for a scheduled chkdsk at boot.

The default time is 10 seconds. If you set the time to low (ex: 1 second), then you will not be able to press a key fast enough to cancel a scheduled disk check.

You will need to be logged in as an administrator to be able to change the AUTOCHK initiation countdown time.

EXAMPLE: AUTOCHK initiation countdown time (default and changed)

OPTION ONE

Change AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time using Command Prompt

1. To See the Current AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time A) Open a command prompt or elevated command prompt.

B) In the command prompt, type chkntfs /T and press enter. (see screenshot below)
2. To Change the Current AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time A) Open an elevated command prompt (right click and "Run as administrator).

B) In the command prompt, type in chkntfs /T:seconds and press enter. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: Substitue seconds in the command for how many actual seconds (1 to 259200). For example, I would type chkntfs /T:30 for 30 seconds.
C) You can confirm the change using step 1.
3. When finished, you can close the command prompt.

OPTION TWO

Change AUTOCHK Initiation Countdown Time in Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

4. In the right pane of Session Manager, double click/tap on the AutoChkTimeOut DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: If you do not have AutoChkTimeOut in the right pane, then right click on a empty space in the right pane, click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value, then type AutoChkTimeOut and press enter.

5. Select (dot) Decimal, enter how many seconds (1 to 259200) you want for the timeout value, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
6. Close regedit.
That's it,
Shawn

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[ryo]

Great one master...

 

[Brink]

LOL, thank you.

 

[ryo]

i though it's can be schedule drive to check at boot time with command chkntfs /C drive.

 

[Brink]

Yes, you sure can schedule a disk check with chkntfs /C or chkdsk C: , and many other ways.

Check Disk - chkdsk - Vista Forums

 

[need4steer]

Thanks a lot for this great tutorial.

 

[ptwd]

Autochk this is chkdsk is it and if it does do a check at boot how come you cant see it as in XP
Thanks for usual high standard

 

[Brink]

Hello ptwd,

Unless you scheduled to run chkdsk at startup for your Windows 7 drive/partition, then you will not see the autochk screen. I hope this answered your question.

 

[ptwd]

Yes it does thanks Brink

 

[Brink]

That's good. You're welcome mate.

 

[HairyPaulSack]

I f*****g love you Brink.. seriously you have not only helped me but amazed me and sent me on a journey with the desire to understand the inner workings of the windows system.. I've been living in the registry and trying to dismantle the OS and the whole windows GUI / UI having a blast customizing at fine tuning and maybe a little exploiting. Anyway on a crash, my alienware has some funky shit where the keyboard takes a while to initialize during booting.. I think the keyboard lights are the culprits. I have a split second to catch the F12 if I'm loading a alternative OS, but the disaster of a problem has been the CHKDSK.. sometimes the keyboard will turn on RIGHT after the 10 seconds has expired and I have 5 drives. I would just turn of my PC a few times (so baddd -__-) and usually after a few tries I can catch CHKDSK at the last second. All your info on killing the DIRTY and ESPECIA ALL the time increase.. THANK YOU... lol I'll come back and bitch (ask for help) if the extended time just forces my keyboard to turn on even later lol.. Hope that's not the case. Do you know, is there boot priority in start up? I unplugged the lights and that seemed to have helped but I'm still messing around with everything.

Farewell Earthling

 

[Brink]

Glad it could help Paul.