Solved windows 7 chkdsk won't run on c: drive on startup, sfc produces error

[timm]

I'm trying to run chkdsk on my C: drive to resolve file allocation errors. I tell it to fix errors and recover bad sectors. It says the disk is in use, so I schedule it to run on next startup, but it never runs. I've tried booting in safe mode and running chkdsk /r with the same result - disk in use, won't run on next restart.

I've also tried running sfc /scannow to fix any system issues. It gets to 17% then errors out with STATUS_FILE_CORRUPT_ERROR #1561687# from Windows::Rtl::SystemImplementation:irectFileSystemProvider::SysCreateFile.

Are there any hotfixes or possible remedies that may not have mentioned on other similar threads? Thank you.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Boot to "recovery environment" or http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html . Select "repair your computer". Select "command prompt"

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html

In command prompt:

DIR  C:\
DIR  D:\
DIR  E:\

What is drive letter of what you think is the C drive? Assume it's called D now in recovery environment. Let's chkdsk D

chkdsk/f  D:

Problems found, are they fixed? Run the command again to be sure.
Now check for bad sectors as well.

chkdsk/r  D:

Any errors... and repaired? the command can take hours to complete. Be patient!

Did you backup your important files already? ... maybe your disk is dying

 

[timm]

As I stated in my question, I already did these things. Because it is the C: drive, it is always "in use". Are there any OTHER suggestions? Thank you.

 

[timm]

The startup repair tool on the system recovery options finally repaired the disk and system problems. Thank you for your suggestion.

 

[Kaktussoft]

The startup repair tool on the system recovery options finally repaired the disk and system problems. Thank you for your suggestion.

chkdsk is a step of "startup repair"