Windows 10: chkdsk instantly completes when restarting

While playing a game, my pc froze and I had to power it off forcefully. Subsequent restarts showed the chkdsk process initiating at boot with the usual countdown frame in case I want to skip it. When it finishes, the chkdsk process that usually shows progress within 3 stages does not appear. Instead, I'm just brought to my login screen and I'm able to sign-in properly. Apparently, my C: drive has been marked with the dirty bit when I checked it through:

• fsutil dirty query c:

chkdsk still kept initiating and autocompleting during restarts even after executing:

• chkdsk /f /r c:

This did not run right away since it was prompting that my drive was locked and in use, so I had to restart my pc


Later, I ran the following commands after some research:

at normal boot admin cmd prompt

• [COLOR=rgba30, 30, 30, 1]DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth[/COLOR] success
• [COLOR=rgba30, 30, 30, 1]sfc /scannow success, found issues and fixed them[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba30, 30, 30, 1]at [[/COLOR]Troubleshoot - Advanced Options -Command Prompt]

• chkdsk c: /r success, no issues found

After these, chkdsk no longer initiates every restart. However,

• if I intentionally set it to run at boot, it still does the same thing - which is autocomplete after the countdown without going through the stages.
• doing fsutil dirty query c: at normal/safe mode boot still shows that my C: drive is dirty
• right clicking my drive at file explorer [then Tools > Check] still informs me that the drive still has errors and prompts a chkdsk at restart
• doing fsutil dirty query c: at [Troubleshoot - Advanced Options -Command Prompt] shows that my C: drive is NOT dirty which is weird

Basically, I'm hoping someone could:

• Help me properly get rid of the dirty bit that just shows at normal/safe mode boot
• Help me get my chkdsk back to doing its usual scans with the 3 stages

:)

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

chkdsk c: /F

It might be an error on the drive. We suggests that you follow the troubleshooting steps below:

• Run Disk Cleanup utility to clear your junk files.
• Open an elevated CMD type sfc /scannow and hit Enter to run the System File Checker.
  
• Once the scan is completed, restart your computer. Remember to exit ChkDsk
  during boot.
• Next, again open CMD as admin type
  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and hit Enter to repair the Windows image.
• Now see if ChkDsk able to complete the scan.

Note: Before doing the steps, make sure you save a back up of your files.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 - UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION and CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED BSoD's

Hi,

I suggest that you run the check disk. Follow the steps:

• Select Command Prompt.
• Type chkdsk /r (note: there is a space after chkdsk)
• Restart the computer and allow the check disk to run.

Important: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost