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Remove Dirty Bit Flag
Shane:
You just run it from the command window
chkdsk c: /f
Let me know how it goes :wink:
Shane
shoes12:
well, i tried to run it from the cmd line but didn't work. i have some dvd's that i made when i got this pc. i labeled one of them "repair disc" and another "recovery disc". do you think the repair disc could help in this situation (corrupt system file)? thanks
Shane:
Not sure, but before we go that route I want to find out what is happening.
What happened when you tried to run the chkdsk? Any errors?
Shane
chris635:
I have had this problem before, you have to fix it in the registry. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager. Beside BootExecute you should have the default (without dirty bit set) autocheck autochk *. I suspect here are extra values in there. I've noticed this can happen when you run programs like smart defrag, O and O defrag etc. with the check disk option in the program set, but for what ever reasons you delete the program after you set the check disk option and that screws up your registry setting.
Chris
shoes12:
Shane, below is a screen shot of the cmd line.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\windows\system32>chkdsk c: /f
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) y
This volume will be checked the next time the system restarts.
C:\windows\system32>
Then, when I restarted, it just booted up like normal and bypassed the chkdsk utility. That's what has been happening regardless of how I initiate the chkdsk utility. The system file is corrupted. So unless there is a way to repair or replace that file I don't think it's going to run. I was hoping that the "repair disc" I referred to in my last reply might be of use. Thanks
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