CHKNTFS Does Not Exclude FAT Partitions from AUTOCHK on Boot (164806)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q164806 SYMPTOMS
The CHKNTFS /x command does not exclude AUTOCHK from running on FAT
partitions.
RESOLUTION
Use the updated Chkntfs.exe from Service Pack 3 to disable AUTOCHK on FAT
partitions at restart.
The following command now signifies the partition as being FAT when run
against a FAT partition:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service
Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
MORE INFORMATION
Chkntfs.exe is a utility included in Service Pack 2 that can be used to
schedule and stop the running of AUTOCHK on a partition during startup.
The original intent of CHKNTFS was to exclude only the NTFS volumes. (FAT
volumes are small and do not take very long to check compared to large NTFS
volumes.)
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/10/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbusage KB164806 |
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