'Volume is Dirty' everytime I boot up!
djshowdown
London
I am having an ongoing problem. I have partitioned my laptop so that it has two copies of XP, a data partition and also a temp partition which I instruct windows to save all temp data to.
Recently, when I boot up the laptop, it informs me that the t: partiton (the temp file one) is dirty and that windows is going to run chkdisk. I always allow it to do this and then it boots normally. When I restart however, it does exactly the same thing. This as you can imagine is becoming increasingly frustrating, everytime I restart I have to wait for chkdisk to run.
Anybody shed any light as to why it might do this?
Recently, when I boot up the laptop, it informs me that the t: partiton (the temp file one) is dirty and that windows is going to run chkdisk. I always allow it to do this and then it boots normally. When I restart however, it does exactly the same thing. This as you can imagine is becoming increasingly frustrating, everytime I restart I have to wait for chkdisk to run.
Anybody shed any light as to why it might do this?
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Type chkdsk c: /r
It'll give you a warning about scheduling it on the next boot. Go ahead and do that, then reboot. This chkdsk is much more thorough and should resolve the issue.
If you have a IBM/Hitachi drive you want DFT
If its a seagate/maxtor you want seatools
If its a Western Digital you want Data lifeguard diagnostics
If its any other less common/popular brand you will need to check the manufactures site.
If its a Toshiba drive your laptop's bios will have a diagnostic tool built into it.
After you repair corrupted sectors assuming it finds corrupted sectors. Run chkdsk /r again and the problem should be resolved.
I thought I had replied to this topic already, apologies.
Thrax once again you have come through for me. If I am ever in your neck of the woods I owe you a beer (or 10).
Thanks again, please feel free to close this topic