How To Disable Automatic Disk Check(CHKDSK) At Startup For Windows XP

Windows start up after a sudden shutdown leads to an annoying feature Check Disk. It automatically checks the entire drive for any infected files, this chkdsk can be disabled manually. Even if the checking is skipped, it would prompt again during the next windows boot up.

So here are the steps to disable automatic disk-check option:

1. Open command prompt and type following and press enter

                             chkntfs/x c:

This will disable the disk checking option for drive c

2. Similarly for other drives you can type

                             chkntfs/x c: d:                          

This will disable checking d: drive