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chkdsk instantly completes when restarting

Anonymous
2021-03-26T12:10:30+00:00

While playing a game, my pc froze and I had to power it off forcefully. Subsequent restarts showed the chkdsk process initiating at boot with the usual countdown frame in case I want to skip it. When it finishes, the chkdsk process that usually shows progress within 3 stages does not appear. Instead, I'm just brought to my login screen and I'm able to sign-in properly. Apparently, my C: drive has been marked with the dirty bit when I checked it through:

  • fsutil dirty query c:

chkdsk still kept initiating and autocompleting during restarts even after executing:

  • chkdsk /f /r c:

(This did not run right away since it was prompting that my drive was locked and in use, so I had to restart my pc)

Later, I ran the following commands after some research:

at normal boot (admin cmd prompt)

  • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth (success)
  • sfc /scannow (success, found issues and fixed them)

*at [*Troubleshoot - Advanced Options -Command Prompt]

  • chkdsk c: /r (success, no issues found)

After these, chkdsk no longer initiates every restart. However,

  • if I intentionally set it to run at boot, it still does the same thing - which is autocomplete after the countdown without going through the stages.
  • doing fsutil dirty query c: at normal/safe mode boot still shows that my C: drive is dirty
  • right clicking my drive at file explorer [then Tools > Check] still informs me that the drive still has errors and prompts a chkdsk at restart
  • doing fsutil dirty query c: at *[*Troubleshoot - Advanced Options -Command Prompt] shows that my C: drive is NOT dirty which is weird

Basically, I'm hoping someone could:

  • Help me properly get rid of the dirty bit that just shows at normal/safe mode boot
  • Help me get my chkdsk back to doing its usual scans (with the 3 stages)
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  1. Igor Leyko 110.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-03-28T13:36:39+00:00

    You disabled disk C: scanning during reboot so chkdsk c: /f can do nothing, sorry.

    You may return default value to that registry parameter -

    autocheck autochk *

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-29T10:23:21+00:00

    UPDATE:

    I finally got rid of the dirty bit. Found thisthread from 2008. I set my boot to safe mode (minimal) at msconfig. My next restart was able to finally run chkdsk which took care of the dirty bit. Apparently, this safe mode boot was different from the safe mode boot I did from the [Power>Troubleshoot>Start up settings] route. Looks like something was blocking chkdsk from executing and this safe mode running at minimal system operation was able to get pass through it.

    Thanks for the help though!

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  2. Igor Leyko 110.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-03-27T19:18:38+00:00

    Sorry for delayed answer. You have SSD drive so please check the drive using SanDisk SSD Toolkit.

    And check PC support site for BIOS updates, SanDisk site for SSD firmware updates.

    Did you make any changes in system for so called "SSD optimisation"?

    Please open [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager] hive in regedit and show the value of BootExecute parameter.

    You may prevent auto check run as described at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server...

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-03-27T01:46:40+00:00

    Hi Igor,

    Here's the screenshot.

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  4. Igor Leyko 110.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-03-26T13:22:35+00:00

    Hi Rafael,

    My name is Igor, I'm Independent Advisor. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you.

    Please check your drive with third-party CrystalDiskInfo tool and show full tool's window.

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