Windows 10: Windows 10 Check Disk at every startup since creators update

Thanks for the response.

Version 1703 - OS build 5063.413

Cheers!

 

So sorry Chkdsk /r did not clear the problem. After I ran it, the message did not reappear. Have you run Chkdsk from the admin prompt without parameters? This will allow it to run online. Does it give any error messages? When I ran Chkdsk online, there was a problem with the bit map. That was corrected by running Chkdsk /r. Perhaps someone else on the forum has a solution.

 

I did run this...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Chkdsk /r
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.
Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Cheers!

 

I think you misunderstood me. I meant run Chkdsk this way without the /r :

C:\Windows\system32\chkdsk

It will run online and should tell you what the problem is. Let me know what happens.

 

@TexasBandit.

I did this as well. Here were the results...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk
The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! /F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
382720 file records processed.
File verification completed.
6028 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
466972 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
42127 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
35462488 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

248805763 KB total disk space.
76142892 KB in 179967 files.
115784 KB in 42128 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
497211 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
172049876 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
62201440 total allocation units on disk.
43012469 allocation units available on disk.

 

After running chkdsk and restarting I get the same message at startup.

 

Sorry to hear that. I'm out of guesses on this one. Perhaps some else on the forum can help. Good Luck!

 

The problem seems to be that the only way to cure this is for Chkdsk to successfully run to completion on C:, but the catch is that the only way to do this is at boot up - which is where it always fails to run.

I mentioned earlier the similar problem that the early builds of Creators Update suffered. While investigating I did once get Chkdsk to run correctly at boot up. That was when I booted to Safe Mode, it's worth a try.

Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10

 

I have found a solution on an HP forum that has worked...

Open the register (regedit.exe) and change the value of "AutoChkSkipSystemPartition" from 0 to 1, you can find this key in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

This now solves my issue. Hopefully others who encounter this issue can find some use with this solution.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Cheers!

 

That cures the symptoms - it doesn't cure the underlying problem. Try now scheduling a Chkdisk at boot using CHKDSK /F C: and see if it runs successfully. I suspect it won't.

I have that set to 0 but don't have the problem you appear to have.

 

Hey Radar, thank you! Your HP fix is also the solution to a very annoying issue I've had for a while. Win10 doesn't like sharing, and after whatever update, it decided that it was gonna screw with my bootloader by "fixing" the partition (which is perfectly fine BTW). Although this has happened before, ever since this last update - checkdisk has become excessively aggressive. Microsoft has driven so many nails in it's coffin, that once I'm finished with my current Steam purchase, C: is becoming one large swap partition, just cause I can.
Anyway- thanks for the solution.