I have a Windows XP question. Can anyone help me?

Question

I want to know why CHKDSK.exe pops up sometimes as you boot into Windows with a blue screen executing CHKDSK. Why? Is it a bad thing? Can anyone also explain what it is? THX

Answer 1

If your system does not do a clean shutdown, or if you have a bad sector on your harddrive, or your file table has problems, xp will set a 'flag' that says run chkdsk at boot. If you are doing a clean shutdown, run chkdsk with the fix errors option, you may need to run it a few times to get a 'clean' report.

Answer 2

Not necessarily. CHDSK is a command short for check disk. It usually executes when you've improperly shutdown the computer for example by pulling a plug without going to start and then shutdown. Windows is designed to do this when it thinks the computer was shutdown unexpectedly. It may also do this if there is a corrupted file or sector on the drive, which is bound to happen sometime or another. You should be concerned if this happens on a consistent basis when you know you've done everything right to shut it down properly. In this case, it probably is a corrupted sector or virus as suggested, which will require additional tools other or formatting the drive and reinstalling windows. as a last resort

Answer 3

Maybe your computer is trying to tell you something. Are you talking about the "Blue Screen of Death"?

Blue Screen of Death
Last modified: Friday, June 13, 2003
Abbreviated BSOD, an error that can appear on computers running in a Windows environment. This includes even the earliest versions of Windows, such as Windows 3.0 and 3.1, and still occurs in later versions such as Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000. Jokingly called the blue screen of death because when the error occurs, the screen turns blue, and the computer almost always freezes and requires rebooting.
Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/blue_screen_of_death.html


Great place for information on Blue Screen of Death
http://mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/bsod.php

This will tell you about chkdsk, how to use it, and why.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chkdsk

Answer 4

I think Gene (who answered first) is right. But it's also possible, you have a visrus that's due to XP's being out dated. You and I both have XP. Maybe you should not only do what the first answerer said, but also a virus check and upgarde to Windows Vista. I'm considering upgrading, myself. But I'm not sure yet, if that's what I'll do.

Answer 5

On my Windows XP, I have a similar problem. But it opens in a window. It started when I downloaded Internet Explorer 7. So I think that you downloaded something that has a problem. But it's only what I think.