Disk check at Bootup

When ever I switch on my laptop it says that there was not a controlled shut
down and attempts to check the hard drive, if I don't cancel it it seems to
take for ever.

How can I prevent it doing a disk check at boot up ?

How can I prevent it doing a disk check at boot up ?

Don't. It's there for a purpose, instead fix your shutdown problem which
could be as simple as the hard disk shutting off too fast. What follows
is my "standard" blurb regarding this problem.

If scandisk is running each time you boot your PC this would suggest that
the PC is not shutting down correctly. One possibility is that your PC or
rather hard disk shuts down too quickly which can then cause Scandisk to
run when you next boot.

You can delay shutdown by editing the registry and increasing the value of
the DWORD CacheWriteDelay found at
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. This is useful where fast
hard disks are used that shutdown before all cached data has been written
to them. If you haven't already done so you should install the "Windows
IDE Hard Drive Cache Package" patch from the Windows Update site (For more
details see MS KB 273017 - "ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down
Correctly" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273017).

Tracking down shutdown and power-off problems (they differ) can be
somewhat difficult but may I suggest that you start by having a look at MS
KB 273746 - "How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273746) and then move on to Jim
Eshelman's pages at http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm and
http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm which cover this topic. Hopefully
you will find advice there that will help your resolve your problem.

The Windows Me Startup and Shutdown Troubleshooting Wizard is located in
the Help and Support Centre in Windows Me or at the following Microsoft
Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot/
--
Mike Maltby



killjoy wrote:

When ever I switch on my laptop it says that there was not a
controlled shut down and attempts to check the hard drive, if I don't
cancel it it seems to take for ever.

How can I prevent it doing a disk check at boot up ?

The reason for the never ending disk checking was that something else was
writing to the hard drive. This seems to have been my wireless card.
It's never been a problem in the past and the last thing I installed were a
set of microsoft updates ..........

I did think of changing the OS, but the only disks i have are 98SE (which I
run on one of PCs) or XP, as I only have a 4GB HD I don't think XP is a good
idea



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
How can I prevent it doing a disk check at boot up ?

Don't. It's there for a purpose, instead fix your shutdown problem which
could be as simple as the hard disk shutting off too fast. What follows
is my "standard" blurb regarding this problem.

If scandisk is running each time you boot your PC this would suggest that
the PC is not shutting down correctly. One possibility is that your PC or
rather hard disk shuts down too quickly which can then cause Scandisk to
run when you next boot.

You can delay shutdown by editing the registry and increasing the value of
the DWORD CacheWriteDelay found at
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. This is useful where fast
hard disks are used that shutdown before all cached data has been written
to them. If you haven't already done so you should install the "Windows
IDE Hard Drive Cache Package" patch from the Windows Update site (For more
details see MS KB 273017 - "ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down
Correctly" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273017).

Tracking down shutdown and power-off problems (they differ) can be
somewhat difficult but may I suggest that you start by having a look at MS
KB 273746 - "How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273746) and then move on to Jim
Eshelman's pages at http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm and
http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm which cover this topic. Hopefully
you will find advice there that will help your resolve your problem.

The Windows Me Startup and Shutdown Troubleshooting Wizard is located in
the Help and Support Centre in Windows Me or at the following Microsoft
Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot/
--
Mike Maltby



killjoy wrote:

When ever I switch on my laptop it says that there was not a
controlled shut down and attempts to check the hard drive, if I don't
cancel it it seems to take for ever.

How can I prevent it doing a disk check at boot up ?