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Scan disk at every boot up

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by teke

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On a Win Me system it wants to run scan disk every time it boots; even if I let the scan disk complete it will run again at next bootup.

How do I clear this?

Thanks.

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by chitosunday

Scan disk usually scan your computer only if you shutdown improperly. Click start then shutdown and then wait for the computer to end properly.

by teke

As mentioned in my inital question the system was allowed to complete scan disk then at next (normal) startup it scans again.

by deadly ernest

first answer is usually correct, but I have seen a few set ups where ME will still want to do a scan on every boot, even after a proper shutdown. I found in such cases that after booting you run SCANDISK and DEFRAG and the problem goes away, do thisevery few weeks and it usually does not come back. I suspect that ME views a HDD in need of a good defrag as the same as in need of a good scandisk.

by wcp

Microsoft Knowledge Base lists two articles about scandisk running after a normal shutdown.
The resolution is to disable APM (Advanced Power Management) in BIOS (273017) or to install Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache package (290668).

For more information, please refer to
http://tinyurl.com/44fz (273017: ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down Correctly), and
http://tinyurl.com/guph (290668: ScanDisk Runs After You Shut Down Your Computer Normally).

If the above or other answers do notsolve your problem, backup your data and reinstall Windows fresh.

by teke

Turning of APM helped. APM seems to cause lots of various "odd" problems. Thanks!

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