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Scandisk is a disk checking utility commonly referenced in Windows troubleshooting contexts. On WindowsForum.com, users discuss scandisk in relation to boot issues, such as Windows 10 hanging on the blue logo or Windows 7 machines running scandisk on every startup due to file system corruption. It is also mentioned when diagnosing hard drive problems that cause stuttering in games and videos, or random BSOD crashes. Some threads involve running scandisk alongside tools like chkdsk and SFC /SCANNOW to repair corrupt files, though persistent scandisk prompts may indicate deeper disk or system issues. The tag covers scenarios from fresh installs to long-term system instability, often pointing to potential hard drive failure or file structure corruption.
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    Windows 10 New Win10 Install - hangs on blue Windows logo at startup

    I reinstalled Windows10 from scratch yesterday (this is the 5th time this year). It installed fine. But on a cold startup it will get stuck at the black screen with the Blue Windows logo and no spinner. This happens about 50% of the time. If I reset the computer sometimes I am lucky and it will...
    • pers0n
    • Thread
    • boot issues cold startup installation memory check scandisk screen freeze startup troubleshooting windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Is my Hard drive possibly causing stuttering/graphic lag?

    Hey everyone! So, for a bout a year and a half, I've had this weird problem where for example, if I would be scrolling down a page in Firefox, there was a stutter going on every few seconds. The same kind of deal would happen when watching videos...if there was a movement whatsoever in the...
    • Soulfly
    • Thread
    • 8600gt asus boot time cpu defrag diagnostics games graphics hard drive lag malwarebytes motherboard nvidia performance psu ram scandisk stuttering troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  3. ramon82

    Windows 7 Scandisk on bootup

    Scandisk on bootup Hi all I have run into a very strange problem. My company desktops update via WSUS - they are mostly Win7 machines but we have a few WinXP too. Recently all desktops are running a scandisk when powered on...its as if their file structure is corrupted. Going into their...
    • ramon82
    • Thread
    • boot chkdsk corruption event viewer file system scandisk sfc windows 7 windows xp wsus
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Long Term Chronic Seemling Random BSOD Problem

    So, after reviewing countless forum posts over the past year plus, I finally decided to post my own problem here with hopes someone smarter than I can determine why my Win7 box has been crashing randomly for some time. Saga below... Built the box in Dec 2010. Worked like a champ for some...
    • robwdavis
    • Thread
    • amd bsod clean install cpu crash furmark graphics card hardware issues integrated graphics memtest motherboard overclocking pc build power supply ram random sata scandisk troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Some applications do not start.

    32 bit apps don't run, 64 bit apps do Was:(Some applications do not start.) Hi, hope someone can help me with this. Having a problem that is almost worse than a program crashing. (At least I would get an error so I can see what is the cause of the problem.) Anyhow this is the sequence of...
    • dan007
    • Thread
    • 32-bit 64-bit application chrome device manager error codes event viewer firefox internet explorer microsoft security performance diagnosis safe mode scandisk service issues shell commands startup system restore troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Sfc/Scannow cannot repair corrupt .inf and .nlp files

    I have run sfc/scannow in win 7, and have followed instructions to run sfc at boot in command prompt, but nothing has solved the errors. i have saved the file sfcdetails.txt to desktop, and have extracted only the problematic parts and saved it in another file problems.txt kindly check the file...
    • Hailstorm
    • Thread
    • boot drive boot issues command prompt corruption error file extensions inf file laptop logs nlp files oem repair scandisk sfc sp1 system drive system files troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7 Boot Issues: Possible SATA Hard Drive Problems and Overclocking Failures

    Greetings. This screen appeared : Link Removed Before windows loaded. Precursors to this included : All freezes for seconds\minute the unfreezes, sometimes while cpu 100% sometimes not. It also could freeze and show BSOD and start scandisk or something. It occured more often in-game (wic)...
    • ZKR
    • Thread
    • 0xc000014c asus bsod desktop issues detection error freezing game issues hard drive hardware old hardware overclocking p4 processor sata scandisk storage touch cables troubleshooting ultimate windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Need Help Super Asap:((

    well i have hp laptop which came with Windows 7 home ,anyway near one month ago it start freezing at games but i ignored it,then 3 days ago it start to Freeze at scan disk,and sometimes not,and sometimes scan disk just doesnt show up,i tried to Defrag the Windows Drive(C) but Defragment program...
    • siavash
    • Thread
    • defrag freezing games hard drive hp laptop scandisk system performance troubleshooting windows 7 windows issues
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Hard disk problem?

    I have this problem for a while now, I honestly do not know if this is a problem or not or a bug or god knows what. From time to time, the hard drive makes a weird noise, like its blocked and when I look at the event viewer looks like this: The device, \ Device \ Harddisk0 \ DR0, Has a bad...
    • JackLawless
    • Thread
    • bad block boot issues computer issues data recovery diagnostics disk check drive issues error event viewer hard drive hardware issues motherboard reinstall scandisk storage system freeze system restore tech support windows 7 windows installation
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Disabling scandisk on boot

    I tried searching around for this but couldn't find any info. How would you go about disabling the scandisk during the boot process? thanks
    • Pearz
    • Thread
    • boot disable disk error file system recovery scandisk startup troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. J

    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
    • joesgal71
    • Thread
    • boot issues disk check pc shutdown scandisk startup system error virus protection windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...
    • Awesome Applesauce
    • Thread
    • disk check error file system hard drive recovery repair scandisk troubleshooting volume issues windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  13. qbnito

    Windows 7 Can't find scandisk

    One of my external storage drives hangs on the explorer when I click on it. On windows xp I used scandisk to check and repair errors, but I can find no such animal on windows 7 Could some one advise please? Thanks :confused::( 111
    • qbnito
    • Thread
    • disk utility error checking explorer external drive repair scandisk storage issues windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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