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When the computer boots up,for some reason it says "autocheck not found skipping autocheck" Then boots up normally.
OS is 2K pro
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Tom

 

I'm sorry that I can not help you at all.

I am gonna follow this thread to see whats going on. I've never heard about whet your saying.

I am going to forward this question to someone I know that is pretty much a wiz on 2000.

 

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Thanks Jaylach,we "ll see if someone knows.
Tom

 

Open a cmd prompt and run chkntfs with no switches on each of your drives to see if any are marked as dirty.

 

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Hi Newt,
I typed in chkntfs in cmd prompt,it did not regonize it.When you say no switches on each of your drives to see if any are marked as dirty,i'm lost,I'm not that experienced with computers.
Thankx,
tom

 

From a cmd window, it you key in

chkntfs c: it should return the type of file system and tell you the drive is dirty or is not dirty. "Dirty" in this context means the OS has noted a problem and will run chkdsk at boot time to try and fix it.

It just occured to me that I've never tried that command on a system with FAT32 though. Not sure if it would work or not.

 

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Newt,
Tried again to no avail.I noticed that you spelled it to different ways,chkntfs c: & chkntfs.I don't no about the fat 32,do you know how I can tell if i have that.
If it's any help my OS is win 2K pro.
Thanx,
Tom

 

From a cmd prompt, key in chkdsk and press Enter. It will basically do a scandisk without fixing anything it might find but will report what it finds.

The first line should tell you the type of file system you are running.

After it completes, let us know which file system and if any errors were found.

 

Looking at another site on the net it implies your boot.ini may be pointing at the wrong partition.

I've also seen reference on the web to MS hotfix KB824105 causing this issue. It may be worth de-installing that if you've got it to see if that helps.

 

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In the the cmd prompt I typed in chkdsk,was not recognized.
In regards to MS hotfix KB824105,when I try to uninstall a window pops up saying if uninstalled these programs may not work(it lists alot).
Tom

 

This is beginning to sound like the path portion of your environment is messed up so the OS can't find apps it needs. If that is the case, we can start looking for a fix for it - may be pretty simple. But first, we gotta make sure exactly what is happening.

Try this. Open a cmd prompt and try running chkdsk by giving the full file spec. If you have the OS on C: and in winnt it will be
c:\winnt\system32\chkdsk.exe

 

Just to let ya know I haven't gotten anything back from where I forwarded the question.

 

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I tried this c:\winnt\system32\chkdsk.exe not recognized.It seems all the ideas I'm given to type in the cmd prompt fail.I wonder if there's a connection.