"Restart to repair drive errors" keep showing up after reboot

Anonymous
2012-11-21T08:24:05+00:00

Hi all,

I recently used the error checking tool on my internal hard drive on my laptop. It found errors and told me to reboot. Now everytime I boot my pc a message in the action center pops up saying "Restart to repair drive errors", and no matter how many times I try, it still tells me there are drive errors.

I can't seem to find any more details on the exact errors. I run Windows 8 Pro. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction?

EDIT: Running Chkdsk from the command promt returns a similar error, albeit a little more wordy: "Chkdsk cannot run because the volume [the C: drive, the one that has errors -RF] in in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?" Replying <y> and rebooting, gives the same errors: the action center still tells me to reboot, and Chkdsk returns the same message as before.

I also tried running sfc, just for good measure. The log created (CBS.log) shows several errors at the bottom, seemingly all pertaining to autochk.exe, in some way or another.

I wonder if this may have been caused by running drive optimization and stopping prematurely (in order to reboot for the error checking utility).

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-03T00:09:35+00:00

    First, I just have to say that I am disgusted Microsoft has not fixed a problem that people have been posting about for at least 5 years. Pathetic customer and technical service. Had to get that off my chest.

    Okay, so you never mention if running a scan actually shows any errors. If you see bad sectors, get a new drive before losing everything on your hard drive. If not, a software update may be conflicting with another program. I have had to remove Lavasoft Adaware because it was causing this problem. I have also more recently had to give up on AVG free anti-virus and rely on Windows Defender because of software incompatibility with Windows 10 after Windows uploaded many updates, any of which could be causing problems.

    I would strongly suggest you try disabling or removing either of those programs starting with Adaware to see if it might be causing problems. It is cheaper than buying a hard drive without knowing if there is a problem with the one you have.

    I can't really suggest anything beyond that except what I already said about bad sectors showing up after a scan of the disk. If it is only a software compatibility problem, and removing the program fixes the problem right away, you should definitely report it to the company involved since it is just as much their fault for not keeping up to date with changes in Windows as Microsoft's fault for such poor programming.

    Again, five years or more of people having the same problem, and no fix from Microsoft. How can you possibly justify this? A terrible monopoly that doesn't want to hear from its customers or solve problems. It is long past time for a competing Operating System backed by the major computer manufacturers to come on the market. That's the only real solution.

    So I keep getting this same error message, I have NO external drives connected to my Toshiba Laptop running Win10, only thing connected is receiver for wireless mouse.  I reBoot it runs the scan and then maybe 4 or 5 days go by and it pops up again.  This

    HHD has been re-imaged 3 times using the Factory restore....so each time before the restore the HHD is completely wiped clean and formatted.  It is out of warranty and Toshiba wants a bunch of money to try to ...and they even say TRY, fix this re-occurring

    issue.  I have always run the recommended scan, you reboot and the scan starts.  I did notice there are more aggressive scans that maybe are more aggressive is repairing issues??? yes, if so, suggested command to use?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-02T22:15:04+00:00

    So I keep getting this same error message, I have NO external drives connected to my Toshiba Laptop running Win10, only thing connected is receiver for wireless mouse.  I reBoot it runs the scan and then maybe 4 or 5 days go by and it pops up again.  This HHD has been re-imaged 3 times using the Factory restore....so each time before the restore the HHD is completely wiped clean and formatted.  It is out of warranty and Toshiba wants a bunch of money to try to ...and they even say TRY, fix this re-occurring issue.  I have always run the recommended scan, you reboot and the scan starts.  I did notice there are more aggressive scans that maybe are more aggressive is repairing issues??? yes, if so, suggested command to use?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-29T02:43:56+00:00

    Estou com mesmo problema

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-09-18T18:26:19+00:00

    I have just started to get this message - "Restart your PC to Repair Drive Errors"

    And every time I start the PC I am given 8 seconds to chose to run the disk checker (this happens twice)

    I'm running Windows 10 Pro 1703 on a Dell XPS 8700.

    The only thing that has recently changed the installation of new bootable SSD.

    ( I did this in an attempt to avoid other problems that have been created by malfunctioning Microsoft software on my original boot drive.)

    This error message must be displayed in response to an event.

    It would be helpful it MSFT could help us to make progress by telling us which event triggers this message.

    I had this problem a couple months ago, and it was happening on drive after drive. As soon as one crapped out I'd put another in and it would start to go through the repair checker fiasco.   

    I have a possible fix for some and a "Cause" of the problem for a few others.  !st; possible fix. Seagate makes a repair program that works on Seagate and Maxtor drives. They also claim that their drive checking program will now repair external USB 3 drives with the Windows repair version. To repair an internal Sata and others the program includes a mountable version you load onto a disk, which you then run as boot in bios startup. As long as you have a burner your good. I am unsure if Western Digital has a similar program or not.

    Now for the possible cause for some that I encountered. I had recently bought a new Power Supply. 750W all the bells and whistles, but I failed to notice that it ran on 2 Power Rails. After less than 2 months (And a couple power outages while running some high intensity games) the PSU had burned out the 3.3volt channel on 1 of the rails. (Also possibly the 5v) So my motherboard, Cpu and GPU all ran fine (mostly) After another couple weeks of this I encountered 1 power outage too many, and the PSU finally kicked the bucket. So not knowing it was my power supply being bad, I bought a brand new MOBO and CPU. They arrive and I hook them up and......... Nothing. Huh? So I RMA the Mobo. Get it back, still nothing. RMA the chip. Finally I break out my old Compaq and hook up this power supply. Nothing. So everything is good after all. Buy a new PSU. I now have a brand new computer sitting next to me that I use to set my printer on, cause my original computer I thought had popped a chip is still good. I have been going back through all the Hard Drives I thought went bad. And repairing them. The Moral? buy a good PSU. I will never get another dual rail again. Single rail, so when something starts going wrong it can't hide. It only took me 2 months and a bunch of tech it turns out I don't need to figure out a 60 dollar power supply could fix it all.

    If the repair tool keeps continuously running everytime you start your Puter, it could be a low voltage problem slowly eating its way through your drives.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-09-13T17:10:31+00:00

    I have just started to get this message - "Restart your PC to Repair Drive Errors"

    And every time I start the PC I am given 8 seconds to chose to run the disk checker (this happens twice)

    I'm running Windows 10 Pro 1703 on a Dell XPS 8700.

    The only thing that has recently changed the installation of new bootable SSD.

    ( I did this in an attempt to avoid other problems that have been created by malfunctioning Microsoft software on my original boot drive.)

    This error message must be displayed in response to an event.

    It would be helpful it MSFT could help us to make progress by telling us which event triggers this message.

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