"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
    2017-12-03T23:27:36+00:00

    Error checking runs....completed Laptop loads to Windows....nothing like a report, or, something that reads no errors found.

    I Had McAfee Live, Uninstalled it thinking it was causing the issue.  Deleting McAfee did speed up the PC...I have always felt McAfee slows PC's down...it came Free for 1 yr...so no Loss.  When you delete Security software Defender automatically takes over....so that is what is currently my active anti-Virus.  

    No conflicts shown is Device Manager for any item.   

    Is there a utility that is free, but is rated highly that could scan the Hard Drive, diagnosis the health of the HDD, display a Report to show it ran all tests passed/No Errors found...as well as, if it found errors the report would display showing you what it found.  Again a utility for the simple minded me....that will be as easy as Downloading, Installing and running without having to go thru configuring it, etc.

    Taking it to a Independent shop, I have unfortunately heard too many horror stories...which in my case I would just toss the Laptop aside.

    This Laptop has been re-imaged 2 times with a new Factory image for this Model...keyed right to its serial Number that Toshiba sent me on a USB Drive.  Nothing is added following the Factory restore.....

    Thanks for your assistance

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-03T23:05:14+00:00

    Simply put, when you run the scan on your drive, does it say you have any errors? If you haven't run a scan from Windows 10, simply open File Explorer, right click the drive and select properties. Then click on the Tools menu and select check for errors. It will run for a while and tell you if there is a problem with the drive. That's it.

    If the result shows no errors on the drive, it is likely a software glitch. As I stated, your anti-virus is the most likely culprit if that is the case since Windows aggressively tries to default to using the Windows Defender anti-virus. Is Windows Defender the anti-virus program you are using, or do you have another installed? More than one running at the same time can cause a conflict.

    You might also try checking under Device Manager to see if there are any warning symbols indicating a problem with a device driver. Just right click the Windows icon on the lower left hand side of the screen and select Device Manager. Then look for warning symbols beside the devices in your system. Pretty straight forward. Hopefully pointless, but maybe a device driver needs to be updated.

    If you did need to actually take your computer somewhere to be checked out, don't send it to Toshiba or take it to Staples or Best Buy. Go to a dedicated computer repair shop if there is one nearby. It should be much cheaper.

    Wish I was up to this, it is above my "PC" working knowledge to follow thru as you have directed.....

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-03T21:49:48+00:00

    Wish I was up to this, it is above my "PC" working knowledge to follow thru as you have directed.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-03T21:47:47+00:00

    Have no such software's installed; thanks for your reply

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  5. 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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