I cannot run Chkdsk on my Bootcamp NTFS partition, help?

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I cannot run Chkdsk on my Bootcamp NTFS partition, help?

I have a new bootcamp installation on a Mac Pro 4.1. I am running OSX 1.6.5 and the latest Bootcamp, and Windows 7 Professional 64bit.

I need to run Chkdsk on my Bootcamp drive. I schedule chkdsk in Windows, so it should run when I reboot the computer, after the Windows logo shows during boot. But instead I get a blank screen for about 40 seconds, and then the machine reboots, and goes back into Windows. So Chkdsk does not run.

Any ideas on how to get Chkdsk to run on this machine. It has crashed a few times so I know I need to run Chkdsk, but can't.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Aug 9, 2011 2:12 AM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Aug 9, 2011 4:07 AM in response to tuckers_kahuna

Try booting Windows DVD

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Answer 2

dalstott

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Aug 9, 2011 10:24 AM in response to tuckers_kahuna

A Windows utility I use for Chkdsk is Glary Utilities Pro. It can run Chkdsk without rebooting via the System tools/Windows Standard Tools section. You can download and try it for 30 days so there is no cost to evaluate.

I have used many of the features on Win XP, Win Vista, and Win 7 with no problems.

Check it out here:

http://www.glarysoft.com/products/utilities/glary-utilities-pro/

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Answer 3

dalstott

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Aug 9, 2011 11:32 AM in response to dalstott

I did some reading and now believe that the Glary Chkdsk mode is read only so it will not repair problems.

When I ran Chkdsk from a restart it did what you have described with no running report etc. When I ran it from a shutdown followed by a start it worked as it should.

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Answer 4

The hatter

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Aug 9, 2011 11:34 AM in response to dalstott

Never install anything when you have any doubt or suspecion about the health of the directory and file system.

I keep a spare Windows OS drive for emergency so if there is a problem I can manage, repair, or just restore.

The best way to check for bad sectors: the vendor has their own disk utility.

I don't know of any 3rd party I trust as much.

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Answer 5

Aug 9, 2011 2:16 PM in response to The hatter

I use Macrium Reflect for backups and restore. They have a Windows PE based boot restore disk. So I was able to boot with that and use a command prompt to run CHKDSK manually. This is not a solution, but a workaround. I still don't know why Chkdsk will not run on my bootcamp drive.

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ReMacs

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Aug 10, 2011 12:22 PM in response to tuckers_kahuna

1) You could run a "Dirty Check" from RightClick->Command Prompt: Selecting as Administrator
keying command: fsutil dirty query c:

More info here, maybe elsewhere from inet search
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/scheduled-chkd sk-scan-hangs-at-press-key-within-1/7077c1d0-2fa1-4731-9c2f-e17641e34e4e

2) I am guessing that your default boot is Windows.

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Answer 7

Aug 10, 2011 12:37 PM in response to ReMacs

Hmmm, it shows that my disk is not dirty. And yes, the system is set with Windows as the default boot.

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