Running Hard Drive Error-Checking

[Synomenon]

Ok. I have two partitions on my hard drive: C and D. I'm running Windows XP Pro. SP2. When go to run error-checking for C it tells me that it has to do it the next time I restart or startup my PC. However, for D it just does it from within Windows. Is there any way I can do error-checking for D at restart as well? I want Windows to do the error-checking for both partitions at restart, C then D. Thanks for any help.

Edited June 14, 2005 by IsLNdbOi

[Delprat]

hullo,

First, windows will never do what you want : "C then D" !

After a chkdsk on the systemdrive ©, the system is rebooted.

At best, you will get "D then C" or "C then reboot then D".

(But I don't know if you can set the "disk order")

There is two ways to enforce the chkdsk at boot :

1) set the "dirty" flag on the partitions to check. you need to use the command "fsutil" :

FSUTIL DIRTY SET C:

FSUTIL DIRTY SET D:

(note: this will make some programs not working until the chkdsk : defragmenters, backup, etc...)

2) use "chkntfs" :

CHKNTFS /C D:

CHKNTFS /C C:

(I put D before C, but I don't know if this change anything about the order the check will run...)

PS: look also the "CHKNTFS /T:x" command : it allows to set the "abort countdown" to "x" seconds

bye