Chkdsk

When I rebooted tonight, my laptop (XP) went thru some sort of CHKDSK check, fixing a couple of orphaned files/sectors. WHY? I haven't seen this in at least a year, maybe 2-3.

I used to see it a LOT, but I can't recall the context. Perhaps the runup to my last PC (also XP) DYING?

Is this a precursor of a bad HDD or something?

 

Dosent allways mean the hd is going to fail tomorrow, but new ones dont do this for a long time. ed

 

You can download this, and if your motherboard supports Smart[ a hd monitoring program] you can get some info on it,

http://www.majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Free_Edition_d4181.html

 

but why would it suddenly DO the check in the first place?

i have a vague sense that it used to be in my BOOT routine. orphaned sectors or no, it seemed to RUN chkdsk pretty much every boot on the old PC.

where do i set this? i wonder if it's gotten changed somehow.

OTOH, hasn't done it the 4-5 reboots since i started the thread yesterday. just that one time.

:confused

 

I have experienced an "apparent" chkdsk 5-10 in 10000 boots and this will only normally occur after a significant MS update. I would be doing some "rootkit" and full MALWARE scanning!