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--Problem:
I have read of others having the same problem but I have never seen any post
that actually solves the problem (apart from reformatting the partition) so I
will try to describe the problem the best I can in hope of anyone coming up
with a fix or an idea.
Every time I boot Vista (Vista Ultimate 32bit) CHKDSK runs automatically but
it never finishes successfully. It always terminates when it has done 25% of
step 2. Step 1 is only done by 9% and then it proceeds with step 2 without
any message. After the 25% of step 2 it just terminates without any feedback
(good or bad). At that point Vista continues to boot and does so successfully
but CHKDSK will always be executed the next time I boot Vista.
--What I have done so far when trying to solve the problem:
1. Executing “fsutil dirty query c:” reports that the volume is dirty so
there is no surprise that CHKDSK runs when I boot but, since CHKDSK never
finishes successfully, the dirty bit is never cleared resulting in this
situation.
2. The hard disk manufacture provides a low level testing/diagnostic tool
and that report that the disk is working perfectly.
3. By booting Vista from the DVD, and going into repair mode, I have tried
to run CHKDSK from the command window. I tried any permutation of arguments
that made sense with slightly different results. The results are as follows:
Regardless of the arguments step 1 always ends at 9% (no feedback it just
ends).
If I specify /f step 2 terminates after 25% unless I also specify /I.
If I specify /I step 2 terminates after 46%.
If I specify /R step 2 terminates after 10%.
In the vast majority of cases (regardless of arguments) CHKDSK just
terminates (during step 2) without giving any sort of feedback but, once in a
while, it does terminate and report that “An unspecified error occurred”.
4. I have (in desperation) run diagnostics tools that check the ram memory
(primary memory 3GB) and there was no problem.
--The situation as I see it:
This has to be a bug in CHKDSK.
Obviously I understand that there might be situations that CHKDSK can’t
resolve but then it should report exactly that. Not just terminate as it does
now.
Accepted results would be one of the following reports.
1. There was no problem with the disk.
2. There were problems and they are fixed.
3. There were problems and they could NOT be fixed but that is reported.
--Questions:
Does anybody know is this is a known bug and if Microsoft has a solution?
Does anybody know of a way of fixing this problem?
--My system:
OS: Microsoft Vista Ultimate (32bit)
Motherboard: Asus P5B-Plus Vista Edition
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz
Disk: Samsung SpinPoint T166 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
RAM: 2*1024 + 2*512 Crucial DDR2 PC6400 CL5
Vista was installed on a new (empty) disk 2-3 month ago.
Vista is up to date (Windows Update has nothing to add)
--Final thing:
If I had a back up of the system I could have restored that but I don’t :-(
I would be very happy if someone had any ideas that could help me.
/Regards
I have read of others having the same problem but I have never seen any post
that actually solves the problem (apart from reformatting the partition) so I
will try to describe the problem the best I can in hope of anyone coming up
with a fix or an idea.
Every time I boot Vista (Vista Ultimate 32bit) CHKDSK runs automatically but
it never finishes successfully. It always terminates when it has done 25% of
step 2. Step 1 is only done by 9% and then it proceeds with step 2 without
any message. After the 25% of step 2 it just terminates without any feedback
(good or bad). At that point Vista continues to boot and does so successfully
but CHKDSK will always be executed the next time I boot Vista.
--What I have done so far when trying to solve the problem:
1. Executing “fsutil dirty query c:” reports that the volume is dirty so
there is no surprise that CHKDSK runs when I boot but, since CHKDSK never
finishes successfully, the dirty bit is never cleared resulting in this
situation.
2. The hard disk manufacture provides a low level testing/diagnostic tool
and that report that the disk is working perfectly.
3. By booting Vista from the DVD, and going into repair mode, I have tried
to run CHKDSK from the command window. I tried any permutation of arguments
that made sense with slightly different results. The results are as follows:
Regardless of the arguments step 1 always ends at 9% (no feedback it just
ends).
If I specify /f step 2 terminates after 25% unless I also specify /I.
If I specify /I step 2 terminates after 46%.
If I specify /R step 2 terminates after 10%.
In the vast majority of cases (regardless of arguments) CHKDSK just
terminates (during step 2) without giving any sort of feedback but, once in a
while, it does terminate and report that “An unspecified error occurred”.
4. I have (in desperation) run diagnostics tools that check the ram memory
(primary memory 3GB) and there was no problem.
--The situation as I see it:
This has to be a bug in CHKDSK.
Obviously I understand that there might be situations that CHKDSK can’t
resolve but then it should report exactly that. Not just terminate as it does
now.
Accepted results would be one of the following reports.
1. There was no problem with the disk.
2. There were problems and they are fixed.
3. There were problems and they could NOT be fixed but that is reported.
--Questions:
Does anybody know is this is a known bug and if Microsoft has a solution?
Does anybody know of a way of fixing this problem?
--My system:
OS: Microsoft Vista Ultimate (32bit)
Motherboard: Asus P5B-Plus Vista Edition
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz
Disk: Samsung SpinPoint T166 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
RAM: 2*1024 + 2*512 Crucial DDR2 PC6400 CL5
Vista was installed on a new (empty) disk 2-3 month ago.
Vista is up to date (Windows Update has nothing to add)
--Final thing:
If I had a back up of the system I could have restored that but I don’t :-(
I would be very happy if someone had any ideas that could help me.
/Regards
