Error: Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package.An unspecified error occurred__766f6c756d652e63 3f1

Anonymous
2010-06-28T12:42:03+00:00

Original title: Windows 7.File system is NTFS volume label is OS.Can not open volume for direct access. Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package.An unspecified error occurred__766f6c756d652e63 3f1

I have recently upgraded from Vista home premium to Windows 7 Home premium, and everything was working fine, until recently I keep receiving the above message every time I start my laptop. I cannot do a system restore and this error tells me to do a system restore. I downloaded the upgrade from the internet, so I don't have a copy or disc to reinstall. Can anyone help me solve this problem or do I have to uninstall all the recent software programmes?

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Anonymous
2010-07-17T17:51:08+00:00

Hi Lowey58

I had exactly the same problem. This worked for me:

  1. Uninstall antivirus  (mine was AVG free v9)
  2. Schedule chkdsk on restart
  3. Restart
  4. Now CHKDSK runs and fixes up he disk problems
  5. Re-install AVG

Try it and if it works post a reply so that others know ot worked for you too.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-31T01:29:31+00:00

    I don't think you understood the original  post. Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package.An unspecified error occurred__766f6c756d652e63 3f1

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-26T08:04:14+00:00

    You know, very rarely does MS advice actually help, but sometimes at least it's funny.

    This time it caused exactly the same 'Autochk Cannot Run..." error!

    How does it feel to be so incompetent?

    [PS: Congrats go to Lowey58 for politeness.  MS beat that out of me long ago.]

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-27T02:44:10+00:00

    This answer would not have worked because CHKDSK /R invokes AutoChk on startup.  Anyone that reads the title for this thread noticed the question was about AutoChk not running.  

    So running CHKDSK /R would NOT solve this particular problem, would just display this error message again.  I highly doubt that anyone that has seen this error needs to be told how to make the message show up again.

    I'm also running AVG, so I'll get rid of it and run the scan.  Of course, the computer will be disconnected from the Internet before uninstalling AVG and until I install it again from its file that I previously downloaded, so as to not shoot myself in the foot, nor get infected while doing this.

    If AVG is the problem, then I suspect that it is using some technique to mess with the Master Boot Record or Partition Table so no malware can install itself there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-15T19:07:10+00:00

    thanks worked for me with Avast

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