Help - My Hard Disk is Dirty!

fox2319

Following a forced hard reset yesterday (Thanks Geometry Wars!) my hard disk (F: drive) is dirty and chkdsk runs at startup on it every reboot. Apparently, this is because the drives 'Dirty bit' is set. I've tried running the instructions on http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t125901.html which basically come down to:

Click start then run, type cmd then press enter

At the command prompt type fsutil dirty query c: (or the relevant drive letter). This queries the drive, and more than likely it will tell you that it is dirty.

Next type CHKNTFS /X C: The X tells Windows not to check that particular drive on the next reboot.

Reboot, it should load to the desktop

Once Windows has loaded bring up another CMD prompt and type Chkdsk /f /r c:

This should take you through the 5 stages of the scan and will unset the dirty bit.

At a command prompt, type fsutil dirty query c and Windows will confirm that the dirty bit is not set on that drive.


(with f: instead of c:) But I get stuck at the forth stage of "chkdsk /f /r f:" which sits at 0 percent.

Anybody got any other suggestions on how I go about fixing this? I've seen some pages online that tell me how to turn off the autochecking of the dirty bit but I worry that this might mask any future probs.

Are there any other utils out there which perform a similar function to chkdsk or which could just clear my dirty bit (oooer vicar - before anyone else says something)?

Ta

Jeff

Chippy_Minton

Chkdsk Runs Each Time You Start Your Computer - possible corrupt registry, recovery looks tricky.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm - letter C - 'Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot' similar to what you've tried + some registry tweaks.