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  1. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10


    How to: Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10

    How to Change Chkdsk AutoChk Initiation Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10

    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Information Checking your drives for errors every once in a while can help fix some performance issues. Drive errors can usually be caused by bad sectors, improper shutdowns, bad software, corruption, physical damage, etc...

    If you schedule a disk check at boot (ex: "chkdsk /F"), you will have 8 seconds by default to press a key within to be able to skip disk checking the next time you restart the computer.

    This tutorial will show you how to change the AutoChk timeout value in seconds you have to press any key within to skip disk checking (chkdsk) at boot in Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to change the AutoChk initiation countdown time.


    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: To Change AutoChk Timeout Value in Command Prompt
    • Option Two: To Change AutoChk Timeout Value in Registry Editor

    EXAMPLE: AUTOCHK initiation countdown time at boot for scheduled disk check

    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]





    OPTION ONE [/i] To Change AutoChk Timeout Value in Command Prompt
    1. Open an elevated command prompt.

    2. Copy and paste the command below in the command prompt, and press Enter. This will show you what the current AutoChkTimeout value is set to. (see screenshot below)
    *Arrow chkntfs /T


    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    3. Type command below in the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    *Arrow chkntfs /T:<seconds>


    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note Substitute <seconds> in the command above with how many seconds, between 1 to 259200, you want for the AutoChkTimeout value.

    (60 seconds = 1 minute | 3600 seconds = 1 hour)

    For example: chkntfs /T:8



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    OPTION TWO [/i] To Change AutoChk Timeout Value in Registry Editor
    1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

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

    3. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the key location below. (see screenshot below)
    *Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager


    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    4. In the right pane of the Session Manager key, double click/tap on the AutoChkTimeOut DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)

    5. Select (dot) Decimal, type how many seconds, between 1 to 259200, you want for the AutoChkTimeout value, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

    Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    6. When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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    :)
     
    Brink, Aug 5, 2017
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  2. David Haz Win User

    When will Autochk be fixed for Creator Update?

    Hi Ross,

    We may need more information about the issue you are experiencing, kindly respond to the questions below:

    • What do you mean by "kill"?
    • What happens when you attempt to run AutoChk?
    • Does an error message appears when you run AutoChk?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

    We look forward to your response.

    Regards.
     
    David Haz, Oct 26, 2019
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  3. dalchina Win User
    Windows 10 Boot times issue

    The two are linked as you've observed and as I mentioned.

    What puzzles me is the change after the power outage, which would suggest some form of corruption, which does not seem the case.

    The other thing that can cause slow boot times are certain updates. For example this update:
    KB4100347 Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 v1803 - September 13 - Page 9 - Windows 10 Forums

    So I'm now wondering if the change in boot time is actually unrelated to your power outage. Using WPR as @zinou suggests is then the next step.
     
    dalchina, Oct 26, 2019
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  4. Change Chkdsk AutoChk Countdown Time at Boot in Windows 10

    Windows 10 random automatic repair after changing boot priority.

    Hello. So i have an Windows 10 Pro. Sometimes when i am changing in bios boot order from USB to HDD ( SDD ) windows starts booting with AUTOMATIC REPAIR and then restarting. Is this something with BIOS \ Windows 10 bug related? Tested on pc and on laptop , and sometimes it doing the same.


    Situation on PC first,listen:

    Few days ago after i change boot in UEFI BIOS from USB to SSD.
    Then Windows 10 showed at 1 boot Automatic Repair.
    When starting Windows 10 boot loader starts by "preparing automatic repair" and diagnosing pc.
    Interesting is that if I restart Windows (after procedure mentioned earlier) it will boot normally. This startup problem was occured only when starting system again after shutdown or restarted pc from windows.So i was needed 2 boots to boot properly to windows.
    But on pc, format was needed to remove completely issue and after format is fine.

    Pc :
    2x8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz DDR3
    SSD samsung Evo 250 gb
    4790k stock
    Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 with UEFI BIOS


    Now laptop with old standard bios:
    On laptop i made the same operation, change boot from USB to HDD and on first boot Windows 10 shows Automatic Repair. But it happened once and i cant reproduce. No format was needed.

    laptop is very old with 2gb ram

    Why on pc format was needed when on laptop not?



    Thanks for suggestions.
     
    litwicki24, Oct 26, 2019
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  5. RossBa Win User
    When will Autochk be fixed for Creator Update?

    Yes, Creator was successfully installed.

    Yes, I use AVG anti virus.

    Autochk must be run as Administrator, otherwise it won't run.

    I have 2 Notebooks that run Win10 32 bit & 2 that run 64 bit.

    Since KB4016240, the 32 bits run Autochk in a fashion, it runs on reboot but does not show the 100% completed screen, but when re-run shows 100% almost immediately.

    For the 64bits, Autochk fails to run after KB4016240. After following your suggested link, I temporarily disabled AVG, no change(systems boot straight into win10).

    Uninstalling AVG, again made no change. Re-installed AVG, still no change.
     
    RossBa, Oct 26, 2019
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  6. Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Oct 26, 2019
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