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by jora

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While my computer starts it sends me information that
autochk.exe is not found-skipping autocheck. It seems to me that one of the
partial but very bad result of that is that Restore procedure does not work.
I use Windows XP Professional in more than two years and everything was OK,
but I did something not good do not know what. Any help will be appreciated.

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by nla467

Hi,

Im not sure if youre comfortable doing this but it might require tweaking the registry. Before doing this make sure you backup the registry and try backing up your data and have your Windows CD available.

Check if autochk.exe exists on this key:
Go to Start | Run | regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
l\Session Manager\

In the right pane, check for BootExecute key and see if the data column shows autocheck autochk* is there.

If not you have to create BootExecute String.
Right click on the right pane New | String

String NameBootExecute : Type : REG_MULTI_SZ : Data :autocheck autochk *

Reboot

Hope this helps....

by jora

Thanks for your prompt answers!
I must say that a part of the problem was solved after I ran CHKDSK /F so no message about autochk.exe not found appeared after several reboots. BTW the idea of this arose from disscussion of ZoneAlarm 5 problems with New Groups. But I still proceed to get Your computer cannot be restored when I try to Restore to any of dozen Restore point I have. I don't like it. I appreciate if you help me to fix this problem.
I looked in Registry and found out no data after
BootExecute. I am not a guru so let me ask you if I have to add the whole line you had written in Data part?

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