"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
    2016-12-08T23:36:27+00:00

    Well chuckles, my ignorant friend, perhaps you should try installing Ad-aware, and then uninstalling it to see if it fixes the problem. HaHaHa!!! That being said quite sarcastically, if ad-aware was causing a problem for me, you might have software conflict too, so try booting in safe-mode (google it), and then see if the problem can be narrowed down to a program you have installed. And yes, it is obviously a Microsoft update causing your problems, but they obviously aren't going to fix anything, so look for a program you installed yourself. And nobody forced you to read those supposed two pages which were posted over the course of a problem people have been having for four bloody years. Get over it, Mr. Ignorant.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-08T17:13:05+00:00

    I get it.  Adaware solved your problem.  I have been reading for two pages how removing Adaware solved your problem.  We ALL understand removing Adaware solved your problem.

    Now...  can we move on to solutions for the hundreds of us who do not use Adaware, have never used Adaware, and who are still getting this annoying disk repair notice?

    Any solutions for those who do not use Adware?

    I have tried every solution in this thread with no success.  I am running Windows 10 with the latest updates of 1607.  I am running it on a Dell laptop...  I have occassionally used a Westgate external harddrive with it.  All disk checks and trouble shooters come back clean...  but I still get the same message and go through the same disk check at every start up of the laptop.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-08T07:02:04+00:00

    Well m using windows 10 version 1607, my problem get solved.  Here is how,  from the security and maintenance window there was an option to restart the pc to check drive error, i did this,  also before this i defrag my c drive with piriform deffragler and now my problem get solved.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-06T14:58:36+00:00

    Me too having the same issue. My secueity and maintenance under control panel continously show the above error.  Please tell me how to solve it.  I tried almost all thing found on the internet but still no use.. 

    Not to sound like a broken record, but are you using Lavasoft Adaware, and if so, have you tried uninstalling it and rebooting? Also, check to see what version of Adaware it is. A more recent version will likely fix the problem if uninstalling your current version works. I use Ad-Aware Free Version 11.12.945.9202 and it also conflicts with AVG Antivirus Free, so only the most rudimentary functions can be used. It tells you this when you install it.

    This thread has been going for over two years, and I can't believe this problem is still happening. What version of Windows are you running? Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista? You might need to do some upgrades or updates.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-09-06T13:29:18+00:00

    Me too having the same issue. My secueity and maintenance under control panel continously show the above error.  Please tell me how to solve it.  I tried almost all thing found on the internet but still no use..

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