"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
    2016-09-08T07:02:04+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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  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
    2016-12-08T23:36:27+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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  4. 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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  5. 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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