Whenever I restart Windows XP Pro, I am prompted to run chkdsk. When I do run chkdsk, it completes all of the steps (3 or 5 steps, depending on /f option), but then chkdsk seems to hang or freeze and does not continue to launch Windows. I have to turn off the power, and then go through the same prompts to run chkdsk again. I cancel the launch of chkdsk and Windows starts up with no problems. I think a defrag program is set to require chkdsk to be run before a disk can be analyzed and defragged. Although chkdsk does complete all the required steps, the "switch" indicating that chkdsk has been run never gets set (because of the freeze I assume). Is there some way to correct this problem so the system acknowledges that chkdsk has been run and I should not be prompted to run it again at each startup, or an attempt to defrag? Why is chkdsk freezing? I am having a similar problem trying to run SAFE mode. SAFE mode starts and scrolls through lines of code, but then the system hangs and does not even launch SAFE mode. Again, I must turn off power, etc.
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