chkdsk won't run

[thingy]

XP Home SP2

I set chkdsk to Run but on Restart it goes straight into Windows

I have tried it both from C Drive Properties and the Command Prompt

autochk.exe is present in Windows\System32

fsutil dirty query c: gives Volume NOT Dirty - this is how it should be I
think?

The Registry Entry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\BootExecute gives...

autocheck autochk /p \??\C: autocheck autochk * - also how it should be?

I cannot Run it from the Recovery Console because I have only a Manufacturer's Recovery CD

I have no Viruses nor Spyware

Any ideas pleas?

Would chkntfs /d do anything useful?

Thanks

 

[starfireone]

I would upgrade to XP Home SP3. Service pack upgrade to 3 should fix the issue. Also the chkntfs /d will most likely make no difference.

 

[Lemon law]

There are varieties of malware that will prevent chkdsk /f from running. If its the same stuff that I fixed on someone else's computer, it will not let you install
malware bytes either.

 

[thingy]

In the end I solved it myself by doing a System Restore - back just 9 days

I then did chkdsk - read only - and there were no Errors found

Just to make sure it was working ok I did chkdsk /f and it worked perfectly
as it always has

What happened in those 9 days to cause the problem I've no idea although I
do remember a Power Outage not so long ago but that has never affected chkdsk
before

I don't know why I didn't try Sys Rest in the first place since I have
always found it to be very useful