Another Startup Issue

[shades]

I recently began noticing the following warning when starting my computer:

systemroot\windows\system32\autochk.exe program not found - skipping AUTOCHK

I think it may be appeared right about the time when Norton was having a problem. I did add a file to the registry per Symantec's suggestion, but Norton has since been removed from my system. Anyway, does this mean my registry is is corrupted? I am not an expert on tinkering with the "behind the scenes" of my computer. What should I do?

Thanks,

Dave

[gosh]

autocheck is going to be in the system32 folder, if it's gone i would suspect deeper issues such as your hard drive failing.

When you boot the xp cd and go into recovery console and run a chkdsk, it's actually running autochk.exe too. So what i would do is use recovery console's autochk to check for errors. Note that chkdsk for windows and recovery console's chkdsk has slightly different command line so make sure you type the right command. I believe in recovery console you need to type chkdsk /f /r, but verify that.

-gosh

[shades]

Thanks for the advice. I have backed up my important files (before I attempt anything). I'll see what I can figure out.

--Dave