Win 7 check disk every time when booting

[netrate]

Using Win 7, I am getting a check Disk Issue when booting - each and every time.
1) I have let it go through the check disk a couple of times
2) now I stop it because it is taking too long

Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Why is this happening?

 

[Snick]

Hi netrate,

When chkdsk runs, is it finding errors, finding errors and fixing them, finding errors and fixing some of them, or not finding any (not likely)?
Do you know where the chkdsk logs are located?

Check Disk (chkdsk) - Read Event Viewer Log - Windows 7 ...

 

[samuria]

Open an admin cmd prompt then type
fsutil dirty query c:

does it say the disk is dirty

 

[RolandJS]

Samuria, thanks for the info! I used DOSadmin box to replicate that command and to get the top of the tree, used irfanview to save the jpgs to my hard-drive. I await the OP's reply.

 

[netrate]

Everytime it runs all the way through, no bad sectors.
No, I do not know where the check logs are located...

 

[netrate]

I found the check disk log, should I post it here?

 

[samuria]

Post 3 is it dirty?

 

[netrate]

After running the command line, it says "it is NOT dirty"

 

[file3456]

Make a system restore point.

Go to search and enter regedit.

Look for this path:


Got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

On the right hand side look for BootExecute.

If it's value is not autocheck autochk * then change it to that value.

 

[netrate]

Right now I am trying to determine where my restore points are. I have been doing system restores periodically on Win 7 for years, but I never looked into where they are.
1) I just completed another create restore point
2) I want to check to make sure it has created one before editing the registry.
3) Can I change the location of the system restore point creation?

 

[netrate]

Ok, here is what I did last night. I ran the chkdsk r on the system last night and went to bed (the system contains a C win 7 120gig SSD boot and a D storage 1TB platter drive). It took hours, so I went to bed. I got up this morning and I couldn't see my screens but I could tell windows was running from various beeps I was getting when clicking on the mouse. Tried numerous things to get the monitors to respond, didn't work. From here, I pressed the power button and it shut itself down properly.

Fingers crossed, I rebooted. On the reboot, it did not re-perform the disk check.
Since then, I haven't done anything since except try to clean up some drive space on both the C (win 7) and D (platter storage).
I haven't tried the Reg-edit yet.

Further questions:
1) As per my last post #10, where are my restore points to ensure they are saving properly before reg-editing?
2) Windows backup has never worked for me using the built in tools, it always errors out in the many attempts over the years to get it to work (although create restore points works just fine). I just use Macrium Reflect for backups now. Am I safe to continue to use that?
3) In my storage drive D, there is a folder called "WindowsImageBackup" - what is this used for?

 

[file3456]

1) On C drive. If you have to restore a restore point from a Windows disk you can. You can verify the location by right clicking the My Computer icon, select properties and go to System protection. Now click the System Protection tab. I'd leave it on C.

2) Macrium Reflect will do the job, but you might be better off with a full 1:1 disk clone to an external USB hard drive of equal or greater size.

3) It's created by Windows Backup & Restore. You can probably delete it. Just use Macrium Reflect or another cloning software and make 1:1 FULL disk clones to an external hard drive. I wouldn't use images or file backups unless that augments your backup strategy. With a full disk clone you can clone that back to a new or the same had drive and it'll be like hardly anything ever changed. The whole of the OS and data is intact since the last time you cloned. I clone at least once every month or every other month.

 

[netrate]

Oh good advice. I want to clone my entire 120gig to a 240gig anyway, but I also bought 2x 2TB hard drives for backups.

 

[RolandJS]

Post 3 is it dirty?

What does it is dirty and what does it is not dirty mean?

 

[netrate]

I am not sure if you are asking me, the OP?

 

[RolandJS]

I am not sure if you are asking me, the OP?

I should have specified Samuria I wanted to learn from his experience.

 

[Snick]

What does it is dirty and what does it is not dirty mean?

Volumes that have file system errors are known as dirty volumes. If a volume is dirty, it has experienced file system errors, and you must run chkdsk on the volume to repair the problem. If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be in an inconsistent state.

Happy New Year!

Snick