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Every time I reboot now, computer does a full and very long (about 2 hours) scan that I can't cancel when I "hit any key". I'm using Windows One Care. Any suggestions of where to check for the problem or how to cancel the scan? It never finds a problem. I have Vista Ultimate.
Thanks,Lynn
I don't use Vista so you may want to wait for another hit on your post, but after your machine finally boots you should be able to go into Windows One Care properties and deselect "run at start-up"
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Thanks Sabbas. One Care is not the issue or the problem. I've had it for years. It's Microsoft's protection suite, antvirus and things. But thanks for trying.
Lynn
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I have yet to meet a security suit that can't be tweaked. Still may be worth considering taking a look at the scan options.
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This is the chkdsk scan. Didn't think that's related to the One Care any more than it would be to something like Norton 360. These aren't loaded in at the time the chkdisk runs. The problem is on starting before anything gets loaded in yet.
Lynn
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If your machine is running unscheduled chkdsk at every normal reboot, you may want to take a closer look at your HDD. There might be more than a few errors on it, or it might even be due to bad sectors or it may be heading south.
Did the problem just started out of the blues?
Have you run a HDD diagnostic on the disk? SeaTools & WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic are free examples of such tools.
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As Sabertooth Has pointed out the most likely cause is a damaged HHD , SIW or similar utility will tell you the make of hard drive see if that maker has a tool for it .
If that does not fix it then schedule a chkdsk scan , yes it seems a paradox but it can end the loop .
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OK, I did a full scan and found some viruses (Trojans) and got rid of them. Ran chkdisk which did not show any problems, nor did it before. And the problem still exists! Any other suggestions? Been gone for multiple dr appts as a may need neck surg and would really like to get this fixed before then.
Lynn
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OK lets look in the registry , Open Regedit with a right click and run as admin. navigate to .
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
In the right hand pane find Boot Execute the string value should be autocheck autochk *
If it is not double click Boot Execute and modify the string value to autocheck autochk * the space between k and * is intentional .
If your HDD is not damaged this may fix things .
I do hope your neck surgery goes well for you .
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Thank you so very much Jack. It shows under data in one line:
autocheck autochk /r \??\C:
autocheck autochk /r \??\D:
autocheck autochk /r \??\I:
autocheck autochk /r \??\P:
autocheck autochk *Should I delete everything above the last line?
I don't really know what it means. I have 2 internal drives and 2 external but I disconnected the external ones to reboot after finding that it takes so long doing the scan. Hoped this would be faster and it was, a little.
Can you tell me if there's anything wrong in what you see?.
Lynn
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OK, right now it says
BootExecute REG_MULTI_SZ autocheck autochk *
I assume this is correct? and I'll reboot now? Wonder what would have changed it.... I did have a couple of Trojans. I'll let you know if it works later (after dinner and Heroes). If it does I really owe you big time and will be endlessly grateful.Lynn
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