error checking

Hey all, First let me say thanks for the useful forums--they've been helpful just as a searching resource as I've been trying to pin down my issues. I'm feeling a bit out of my depth though, so it seems I need to actually post! System: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Motherboard AMD Phenom II X6 1055T...

First: A little Information: Full Article @ Microsoft Offering Improved CHKDSK Utility in Windows 8 -- Redmondmag.com Tutorial for running CHKDSK: There are 2 options to running CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 8 Option #1: Run CHKDSK from "My Computer" 1. Open "My Computer" either from...

Consider the following scenario: You run the "Error-checking" tool on a local disk drive. Once the checking process is completed, if you try to check the disk space of this specific drive immediately, you may notice that the free space of this disk is 0... Link Removed

Whenever I plug in one of my external USB drives, Windows automatically pops up a window asking me if I want to scan it for errors. Where do I change settings so that it does not automatically do this every time? Thanks

Hiya, I am desperately trying stabilize my Pc. I am uploading couple of Crash dumps which I collected with from nirsoft. Thx for any help in advance. bandwith3636 ==================================================Dump File : 022012-21309-01.dmp Crash Time : 20/02/2012 11:54:00...

Win 7x64 Start>computer>tools>error checking: When I run error checking as Windows starts, it says it is scheduled to run then says cancelled. Please advise. Peter

I just installed a WD Caviar Black internal as a second drive with no OS on it. It works fine but when I boot up there is a message right after HP splash screen the pops up and down and has something about drives. It's black background with white print. It goes down to fast to read. I don't...

This is the 3rd time that Windows 7 crashes in such a way that recovering/repairing is impossible. A fresh installation I put on a second partition finally seem to work smoothly and without errors when it crashes after a few days. The current installation is still working, but lags and gives...

Hi all recently i found that there's some folders in my 1 TB western digital HD that can not be copied, moved, access or even delete. these folders are from my friend i got long ago when i just click on them a single click the system hangs until windows explorer shut down and re-launched i...

Hello! I've moved tons of files to an external hard drive [Samsung external USB HD (FAT32)]. After that, I've tried to eject the device in Windows 7, via Safely Remove Hardware but Windows said that the device was in use, even though everything (applications and windows) were closed. I decided...

I realise The Water Cooler may not be the normal place to post a spell checker It is free and really easy to use and may be found of use . I post it here in the hope others may find it handy . ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a...

I have a 2TB Seagate hard drive that keeps dropping out in Windows 7. I use it as my main backup drive and when writing to it using either of the two backup apps I use the drive usually "disconnects" and I have to switch it off and on again to use it. I've tried using a different USB port and...

I am using dynabook core 2 deo with 4 gb ram it was with win 7 hp but i format it with ultimate. My system hangs frequently i check my event log but no idea how to see my mini dump file and how to find what is wrong .Once hang will not get hang until i restart next time.:confused: Attach mini...

Hi everyone, this is my first post here because i saw there were alot of threads going on about windows 7 freeze i thaught you might be able to help me with my problem. i have a pc ~1 year old now and ~3-4 months ago windows 7 started to freeze randomly for like 30-45 seconds. in the first...

Suddenly BSOD crashes on programs such as outlook 2007 (yes, even in safe mode), word 2007, photoshop & illustrator (if attempting to do anything font related) Crashes when attempting to open fonts folder Have gotten Bad Pool Header, System Service Exception and Page Fault In Non Page Area BSOD...

I have a Toshiba Satellite A505 with Windows 7 I burned a CD-R on another computer that is using Windows XP. When I put the disc in the drive on my Toshiba running Windows 7, it recognizes the disc, but it shows 0 files. When I click on properties, I can see that some of the disc space is...

Hi all, I have a windows 7 64 bit installed on my laptop with both I.E 8 32 bit and 64 bit, everything was working fine for months until i installed I.E 9 beta which at first worked ok then whenever i run it the whole laptop freezes with the exception of the current Internet Explorer Screen so...

Selected list of commands Command: Description: Example: (details here) assoc: Displays or modifies file name extension associations. Used alone, displays a list of all the current file name associations details here at: Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time...

I have windows 7 ultimate (x64bit) and I want to use error checking to check C driver but everytime after rebooting windows ,error checking screen appear and I do not press on any button but when error checking countdown reach to (1 sec remain to skip) ,error checking freeze and nothing happen...

Hello, I've read through several forums trying to fix my chkdsk issue to no avail. Here is my situation and what I've done so far: When I would start my computer a black screen saying that my hard drive was going to fail soon would load before start up. When windows loaded I was in C...