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chkdsk will not run, not sure what to do next
Boggin:
MS has a Hotfix for the autochk.exe, but not sure if MS has to email it to you.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/975778
I believe you can delete the autocheck autochk /p \??\C: so that you just have the one entry as in mine of autocheck autochk * but create a restore point first and then restart to effect any registry changes.
MAS51:
I downloaded and installed the file in the specified space, re-ran the repair prescan and all is now showing good there. It still will not run scndsk nor will it complete sfc (I get an error stating windows Resource Protection cannot perform the requested operation.)
I checked the autochk.exe and get an error that says the version of the file is incompatible with my version of Win7.
I have tried the hotfix you posted and it did not solve this issue either.
Any other ideas, short of a clean install? I hate to admit defeat and go that route, so I hope ya'll have another path.
Thanks for all the help.
Boggin:
Did you delete the longer Bootexecute string ?
When you just have autocheck autochk /p \??\ C: that will run a chkdsk every time you boot up, so normally that would need to be changed to autocheck autochk*
As it has both, Windows may not know what to do, so it doesn't.
If you have deleted that string, then it may be that the Windows Module Installer service isn't set to Manual or is unable to start.
Go Start - type services.msc and press enter.
Scroll down to Windows Module Installer, check that it is showing as Manual, click on it and then Start in the upper left pane.
If it is showing as Disabled, right click on it and select Properties then use the dropdown to change that to Manual then hit the Start button - OK - File - Exit
The chkdsk could also be failing because of bad sectors on the HDD, but as you are also unable to run a chdksk then download the 30 day trial version of HD Sentinel and that will give a written report on the status of your HDD.
http://www.hdsentinel.com/
Uninstall it when done and that will stop the clock on the 30 days.
MAS51:
Yes, i did make the change to the BootExecute registry entry to only the suggested entry.
Windows Module Installer was set to manual and started - no change upon reboot. Sfc still stops at 32% with same Windows Resource Protection cannot perform the requested operation. Chkdsk /f /r still gives option to set at restart, but it does not run, goes right into Windows boot.
I installed the HDSentinel program- no errors. I have included the .txt file from the run. Like the info from it- thanks for turning me on to it.
Any other suggestions to try?
* Another new thing has come up I am assuming is related- I cannot receive Windows updates now.
Boggin:
Let's try this then -
Boot up into the Advanced Boot options by tapping F8 (usually) as you switch on and select Repair your Computer - change or confirm the keyboard language using the dropdown and navigate to the Recovery Environment.
I can't remember if it looks for the location of the OS, but if it does then make a note of it as may not be C:
In the Recovery Environment select Command Prompt and if it didn't look for the location or you missed it, at the cmd prompt enter -
bcdedit |find "osdevice"
That is a Pipe symbol before find and is the upper case of \
Then using whichever partition letter it gives, enter chkdsk x: /f where x is the partition letter.
This would normally execute without the need to reboot and if it does execute, the report will be in the cmd window and does not create a wininit log, so you'll have to make notes of what it fixes and its final report.
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