Scandisk on bootup

"Mike M" wrote in message
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You say stupid, I say crazy. :-) Same result regardless. :-(
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John

Using the same logic, I suppose I could disable my AV utility and just run
it once a month. I wouldn't know if I had a virus until the AV utility
picked it up when I ran it or unless my machine crashed first.

Makes sense, I suppose - and it would run faster too.

Mart


"John..." wrote in message
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You can disable scandisk on bootup by this method.
Some might say its not a good idea,but I have mine
set this way and have had no problems.
Click Start/click Run.
Type "msconfig" without the quotes into the box that
appears.Click Ok.
In the next box that appears click on the General tab.
In the next box tick "Disable Scandisk After Bad Shutdown"
Click OK then Apply.
Restart your computer.
If you need to run Scandisk,which I do once a month along with disk
defragmenter,you can find it from
Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Scandisk.

John

It all depends on whether you value the data stored on your computer or
not. You apparently don't or you wouldn't have disabled scandisk. Your
loss. Just think of the further damage you might cause your system if you
start your PC with an already damaged file store due to a previous crash
or other shutdown problem. If you don't fix the problem immediately you
are likely to cause further damage with loss of files and a monthly
scandisk will be far too late to stand a chance of recovering the
situation. All for saving a microsecond or two on boot up.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



John... wrote:

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"Mart" wrote in message
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Using the same logic, I suppose I could disable my AV utility and just run
it once a month. I wouldn't know if I had a virus until the AV utility
picked it up when I ran it or unless my machine crashed first.

Makes sense, I suppose - and it would run faster too.

Mart



Its up to you Mart,its your pc.
John

Interesting idea John, but I think that I will stick with convention.

Mart


"John..." wrote in message
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"Mart" wrote in message
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Using the same logic, I suppose I could disable my AV utility and just
run
it once a month. I wouldn't know if I had a virus until the AV utility
picked it up when I ran it or unless my machine crashed first.

Makes sense, I suppose - and it would run faster too.

Mart



Its up to you Mart,its your pc.
John

"Mike M" wrote in message
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It all depends on whether you value the data stored on your computer or
not. You apparently don't or you wouldn't have disabled scandisk. Your
loss. Just think of the further damage you might cause your system if you
start your PC with an already damaged file store due to a previous crash
or other shutdown problem. If you don't fix the problem immediately you
are likely to cause further damage with loss of files and a monthly
scandisk will be far too late to stand a chance of recovering the
situation. All for saving a microsecond or two on boot up.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP




I do value my data.As I said I rarely have any problems
with my pc.This machine is in constant use.
I do my regular housekeeping and it runs as sweet as it
did when I bought it about 4 years ago.Never had a loss of
data or component failure and I have never reinstalled the OS.
Also my pc is never switched off unless software installs call
for it and is connected to the internet at all times.
John

"Mart" wrote in message
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Interesting idea John, but I think that I will stick with convention.

Mart


Fair enough.
John

You'll learn. Unfortunately it'll probably be the hard way.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



John... wrote:

I do value my data.As I said I rarely have any problems
with my pc.This machine is in constant use.
I do my regular housekeeping and it runs as sweet as it
did when I bought it about 4 years ago.Never had a loss of
data or component failure and I have never reinstalled the OS.
Also my pc is never switched off unless software installs call
for it and is connected to the internet at all times.

1) Scandisk running on boot is telling you there's a problem - disabling it
removes the cluestick.
2) It's too easy to forget to do the 'monthly maintenance' - so the
opportunity for a scan should be taken.
3) ....

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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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not 'some' - but 'MOST' would say that disabling ScanDisk in this way is
not
only inadvisable, but just plain stupid.


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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)


Oh God,here we go again.Noel,instead of saying it is
plain stupid,offer some reasons for your comments.
I have had scandisk set like this for at least 3 years
with no ill effects.My pc runs perfectly and rarely crashes.
Don't have many problems at all really and as I have said,I
run scandisk and defrag manually once a month.
Remember our little run in a while back,well lets not start
all that again.Lets have some constructive advice for the
group users.

John

Because after a crash or improper shutdown you may have damaged File
Allocation Table or worse yet damaged Partition Table. Scandisk on
crash reboot will at least try to verify and recover these tables.
Without these tables you have no files, or lost files or no partitions!
To paraphrase what Mike said, it's your data, do as you please with it.

We all do stupid things... like paying too much for car insurance. But
you should be in a Verizon commercial or on Jackass.

Another John

John... wrote:

"Mike M" wrote in message
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You say stupid, I say crazy. :-) Same result regardless. :-(
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP




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John