[Windows] How to disable scan disk at Start up

Last update on October 2, 2009 11:22 AM by jak58
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[Windows] How to disable scan disk at Start up


It happened almost all the time when windows are improperly shut down after a troubleshoot that scandisk will run on the next reboot to check the contents of the hard disk. (see below image)





chkdsk is a command that check the disk surface whenever there is physical errors. To disable to chkdsk, you must run the Registry Editor (regedt32.exe)

In the Run tab type: 

regedit
  • Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, expand to:
    • \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
    • then change the BootExecute entry to: 

autocheck autochk *
    • Finally exit the registry and restart your computer to save setting made to windows.
    • Note that this is applicable for windows 2000 and windows XP.
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