chkdsk freezes at boot

[Darxide]

Anytime chkdsk starts at boot of Win 2k it runs to completion just fine... but after that the system seems to lock up. I cannot continue after chkdsk is finished and I have to physically turn the system off and then back on. Nothing I've tried helps.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
~Darxide

 

[Smorgan11]

check for viruses

 

[wolluf]

When you turn it off/on, does it boot correctly?

'Anytime chkdsk starts at boot of Win 2k' - this only happens if 2k thinks filestore needs checking or you schedule it on next reboot. So why is chkdsk running?

 

[Darxide]

No viruses/spyware present. I run scans virtually every day for the both.

It does boot normal when turning it off then on. The chkdsk freeze issue has been a problem for as long as I've had Windows 2000 installed in June of '04.

 

[Darxide]

Sorry Wolluf, I missed the second part of your question.

I don't know why it want's to run sometimes. It just seems random. Sometimes after I install new software that requires reboot, it will chkdsk after reboot, sometimes it won't. Sometimes if I turn it off manually and then turn it back on later, it will chkdsk and sometimes it won't.

 

[bcastner]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963/EN-US/

 

[wolluf]

If chkdsk has been freezing since you installed 2k - that points to a hardware or driver problem to me (as does the random chkdsk). If its hardware, it unusual, in that 2k usually won't install if there's hardware problem (so it might be a 'slight', only occurs occasionally problem - difficult to troubleshoot). 2 things I'd try - running a memory test (eg

http://www.memtest86.com/)

and running the drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (usually available from their website).

Have you any hardware installed that's not using windows's certified driver?

 

[bcastner]

Some other thoughts:

. Antivirus programs sometimes have boot level protetection to prevent boot sector viruses from modifying the hard disk. These can effectively lock the drive against a chckdsk repair;

. Defragmentation programs often have a similar lock volume feature to allow boot-time optomization. This can stall chkdsk.

 

[Darxide]

CHKNTFS tells me that C: is not dirty. MemTest86 comes up with nothing wrong (I've run it in the past as well), and all drivers have are in the HCL and are certified. I don't have any antivirus software running. I run scans every few days, but that's all. I don't have any defrag programs installed other than the standard Windows Defrag.

I don't understand why the disk locks would effect my chkdsk since it doesn't usually find anything wrong (occasionally a cross-linked file). It displays the summary and then it stops responding. The whole system. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't even work.

~Darxide