I keep getting the chdsk running at the start-up, never had this before, just goes through 3 phases restarts pc and does the same all over again unless I press spacebar to cancel. How do i solve this problem?

The best way is to just let it run through its cycle. After the run through and it still continues on startup open command prompt type: CHKntfs /X C: press enter Note: Normally one should be cautious about why chkdisk is trying to run on start up. It is a warning that something is not correct and you need to give it a look! I would open the command prompt and actually run either CHKDSK C: /F or /R for repair. Change Is Good http://www.citizenlink.org/Stopligh...

thanks for the advice. I have followed your advice, nothing seems to tell me of any problems. The chkdsk runs stages 1-5, restarts pc after completing and returns to a loop cycle, only way to stop is to press spacebar to by-pass and log-on to my pc.

Cause for C: is dirty message: Chkdsk turned on the dirty bit for two main causes - a software problem caused by improper shutdown of Windows, or a more serious hardware problem that can indicate a failing hard drive. If your file system is NTFS, you can turn off the C: is dirty bit by following this procedures: 1. Open command prompt. 2. Type in chkntfs /x C:. This will prevent chkdsk from scanning drive C: at startup To reset it back to normal, again open command prompt and type in chkntfs /d i_Xp/VistaUser