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How to turn off check disk on boot up

post #1 of 5
12/23/04 at 8:03pm
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My kid's machine was lagging big time. I did the standard spyware and virus checking and all is now well but......

Since I had already set her up with "always present/on" spyware and virus protection my first attempt at locating the issue was by using check disk.

I selected the check disk options to fix any errors while in XP. The message came back - "can't open volume for direct access - would you like to check on next boot". I selected ok and rebooted. The messages before windows loads is:
Cannot open volume for direct access.
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Windows has finished checking the disk.

Now I can't stop these messages from coming up each boot before windows loads. It isn't causing a problem but its a nuisance.

I searched the forums and found nothing. Anyone got an idea how I can stop this from happening each boot?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
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post #2 of 5
12/23/04 at 8:50pm
If you have an older version of ZoneAlarm on your machine you should update it.
There was a release not long ago that had that bug.
To turn the checking off you should click on Start>My Computer. Right click on the C: drive and select Properties. Go to the Tools tab and click on the "Check Now" button. Make sure that both boxes are un-checked.
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post #3 of 5
12/24/04 at 2:02am
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Bolivar,
I appreciate the response but..........

I tried running the check disk without the two check boxes for fixing the errors after I initially excepted the OK to run before windows loads. It didn't stop the check disk from running on boot up before windows XP loads.

I also loaded XP SP2 since Microsoft KB support suggested this was a bug fix for the issue. Still no luck.

I also tried finding the request to do the check disk in scheduled tasks but it wasn't there.

I also tried finding the request in the registry - still no luck.

I just want the check disk to stop running on boot before windows XP loads and can't find a way to turn it off.
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post #4 of 5
12/24/04 at 10:38am
Your XP installation is corrupted. Insert your XP cd into the drive, open the 'Run' box and type 'sfc /scannow'. This will initiate Windows File Protection and repair your installation. Hopefully this will resolve the issue, if not you'll have to boot to the XP cd and run a repair installation.
Be sure to check the registry run locations to verify no suspect apps are loading at startup...
Start - Run - 'regedit'
Browse to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\RUN

HEKY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\RUN

Delete any suspect entries here...
Then reboot.
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post #5 of 5
12/24/04 at 1:01pm
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Thanks everyone for your advice.

Turned out to be a third party license product that was restricting the check disk on boot which in turn left the switch on for running the check disk on boot since it never completes succesfully.

The product restricting the check disk is called Cryptkey and is associated with a model based development product I use called PLEX. Crypkey is a service that verifies the license is valid for the PLEX development product. My guess is that since Crypkey works on the basis of a specific addressable location on the hard drive it somehow interferes with gaining direct access to the hard-drive.

Anyway - all is well.

Happy Holidays Ya'll!!!!!!!
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