Running chkdsk after dirty shut down

How to Automate Chkdsk

 

Zander, a batch file was on my mind but somebody got to run it & I am seeking ways and means to run chkdsk /f on boot only when there is some error (aka Scandisk in Win98).

 

Well, I don't know what to tell you. The only time I saw scandisk run at startup on win9x was after an improper shutdown. XP should do the same. Mine does. It runs with the /f switch. If there's ever any errors, they're reported in the event viewer and also reported as fixed. Granted this is on Fat32 but I'd be really surprised if NTFS wasn't the same.

Does anybody else who's reading this and uses NTFS ever have chkdsk run after an improper shutdown? If so or not, it would be nice if you could let us know how it works for you.

 

I have confirmed that WInXP indeed runs chkdsk /f on volumes which have been marked dirty (by running fsutil dirty set Volume name: to set the dirty bit), but have not yet found out in what cases does it mark dirty .

 

A one line batch file set to run weekly or at whatever interval you like in Scheduled Tasks (control panel) should do it, at the next boot (substitute your disk letter for X).

Code:

fsutil dirty set X:

 

I can do that, but on 100 computers its going to take some time. Anyway, it does not completely solves my problem.

Has anyone got any more idea(s) about the 'dirty bit' business ?