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    Windows 7 scan disk on every boot

    Hey everyone. Seem to have a problem. I shut down correctly each night. Every boot up scan disk runs (or tries to ). I am making sure I shut extra programs down such as my messengers and virus protections. What could be causing this? Little nerve racking. I am running W7 build 7100
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    Windows 7 what do I do about failing hard disk?

    I just created a new rig with a Athlon black 2.8 cpu, gigabyte MoBo 4gb of corsair ram. The hard disk I'm using is a Maxtor SATA. I believe it has the S.M.A.R.t tech built in. win7 keeps giving me a message that the Hard disk is going to fail. I ran a disk checked and it seemed fine. it did...
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    Windows Vista Corrupt Files and inability to check disc??

    Hi, thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer. My problem started with Microsoft Office, but I fear it is much worse. I get error messages whenever using a microsoft office program, saying that a file is corrupted. I can't uninstall, I can't repair, I can't reinstall. Now, I...
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    Windows 7 No longer able to logon

    Hi, I'm hoping someone here will be able to shed some light on a problem I've just had. Was using my laptop as normal, running the RC1 of Windows 7, checking my emails and looking on the internet (firefox 3). Outlook 2007 froze, not responding, then the whole laptop froze, and the aero...
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    Windows Vista Chkdsk deleted all my files.

    Chkdsk deleted all my files. COmputer: Toshiba Satellite 4GB ram OS: Vista Ultimate I have a 1 month old 0.5TB USB external drive that I use to backup all my data, work, personal stuff, etc - 10 years of my life. I am running vista ultimate. WHen vista starts and the usb is plugged in it...
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    Windows 7 Reverse Hard Disc Volume Errors

    Hello, and I have the unlucky pleasure of getting another volume error in my hard drive. I've already had this happen when I was running on VISTA, and had to re-install it, but I really don't want to have to re-install 7as well. My problem is that when I scan for hard drive errors, my computer...
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    Windows Vista disk checking for error utility won't run at all

    i can not get the disk check utility to run or schedule a scan for error at all. the UAC won't even ask for permission to do so it just disappears when I try to schedule a DSKCHK for errors,Any help would really help me I'm a novice at this!! Is there some setting thats stopping this utility...
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    Windows 7 Major Windows 7 Error: Blank Screen Upon Log-In

    Hi. I downloaded and installed the Windows 7 beta yesterday. It was working fine until I shut it down. When I restarted and logged back in, I just had a black screen with the words: Windows 7 For testing purposes only. Build 7000 in the bottom right corner. The only thing on screen was a...
  9. Windows Vista Disk Check on every reboot

    Everytime I reboot my pc it trys to run check disk :mad: I have run seagate tools to check disk and found no issues at all does someone know how to disable it until I figure out what is causing it. It is a pain in the azz :rolleyes:
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    Windows Vista Disc Check reformatted my HD!

    I ran disc check (Vista SP1) on my 2nd drive where my docs are, set to run after reboot. AFter the reboot my 2nd drive had been reset to a RAW format rather than the NTFS that it was previously and, of course, all my files had disappeared. I am currently running a disk retrieval tool as it has...