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Hello<br />
GO to my computer, right click on E, then properties, then tools-&gt; scan &nbsp;and check &quot;Automatically fix errors&quot;, if you are prompted to restart then click no
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Hello
GO to my computer, right click on E, then properties, then tools-> scan  and check "Automatically fix errors", if you are prompted to restart then click no

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convert E to NTFS, I see alot of disk checks with FAT32?
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convert E to NTFS, I see alot of disk checks with FAT32?

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Thank you theProfessa.<br />
Your diagnosis was on -the-button and the 'fix' worked first time.
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Thank you theProfessa.
Your diagnosis was on -the-button and the 'fix' worked first time.

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I'm glad I could be of assistance, and thank you for the points.
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I'm glad I could be of assistance, and thank you for the points.

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I have a home built PC- Win XP Home SP3, 2.8 Pentium Northwood, 2 hard drives, 2GB RAM.<br />
Recently it insists that drive 'E' needs to be checked for consistency on each re-boot. It never finds any problem and the computer runs fine after. E is a 300GB drive for data only. I have C (operating system) and D (programs) on a separate disk. I have run chkdsk /r and Maxtor diagnostics and all report fine. I checked power and data cables and all fine. Eventually I cloned the hard drive to a new 300GB hard drive and then relaced this in the machine with an independent power supply. Same problem - it wants to check this new disk for consistency each re-boot. The machine runs fine otherwise and all data on E is available. Can't resolve this annoyance. Help appreciated. Thanks.
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I have a home built PC- Win XP Home SP3, 2.8 Pentium Northwood, 2 hard drives, 2GB RAM.
Recently it insists that drive 'E' needs to be checked for consistency on each re-boot. It never finds any problem and the computer runs fine after. E is a 300GB drive for data only. I have C (operating system) and D (programs) on a separate disk. I have run chkdsk /r and Maxtor diagnostics and all report fine. I checked power and data cables and all fine. Eventually I cloned the hard drive to a new 300GB hard drive and then relaced this in the machine with an independent power supply. Same problem - it wants to check this new disk for consistency each re-boot. The machine runs fine otherwise and all data on E is available. Can't resolve this annoyance. Help appreciated. Thanks.

Computer checks disk E on every re-boot

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