Windows 7 Fails to Boot - "autochk program not found, skipping autocheck"

I have the same problem as the user above.

I've tried chkdsk c: (and others) /f/r

I've done everything with bootrec including rebuilding

 

I can't do cmd or try anything with the registry since I can't boot into Windows

 

I used GParted to create a partition where I could install Win 7 in order to look at the problem installation.  This isn't much help, though, except for moving docs, if I want.  It leaves me with a number of installed programs that I will have lost.

 

I can't install an upgrade of Win 7 over the defective Win 7 because it has to be working first before an installation can be done over it.

 

Please help!

Thanks in advance!

 

 

Hi,

 

·        What is the error message you get?

·        Which point of the installation do you get the error message?

 

Please given us more details as to what is happening and when is it happening so that we can assist you with the appropriate troubleshooting steps.

 

 

Amrita M

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I get the autchk message that is the subject of this post.

It comes up after boot menu and I select the defective Win 7 installation.  It tells me there's an error, and asks if I'd like to Start Normally anyway (if I choose the Repair choice, it fails to repair).  Then the message appears in white on a black screen, seems to have a quick blue screen and then goes back to the menu of choices of which version to run (I added a new Windows install after the error so I could get to some docs).

 

I've tried everything I described above, as well as what you suggested, and anything the install disk would let me do.  No System Restore found even tho there should be.  Nothing changes when I run Safe Mode...if stops in the middle.  No last known good config, etc.

 

This was an upgrade that I did over Vista about 3 months ago.  Everything was fine until the other day.

 

Thanks again.

 

Hi,

 

·        Who is the manufacturer of the computer?

·        Is it a laptop or a desktop?

 

If it is a laptop, you might have been provided with a CD\DVD for hardware diagnostic. You may try to run that from the BIOS and check if that helps.

 

Note: Modifying BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.

 

Also, if you are comfortable you may disconnect the hard drive from your computer, attach it to a different computer and then try to run the check disk commands and check what the result is. If not you may consult an expert for the same.

 

 

Hope this information is helpful.

Amrita M

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For those who may be interested, I had this problem with a partitioned drive on my Advent laptop that had been created with Acronis Disk Director. Windows XP was installed on one of the partitions and Windows 7 Ultimate was on the other. For some unknown reason the same message as has been reported in this post suddenly popped up and I could no longer access my Windows 7 partition. Having backed up an image of the two systems I decided to restore the Windows 7 image onto the failed partition. Incidentally, I had created this image with Acronis True Image! However, after rebooting the system it again failed to get me back into 7. Until this problem arose I had been using Acronis OS Selector to enable me to choose which system I needed but although it allowed access to XP, it still failed with Windows 7. I then decided to delete the Windows 7 partition using Acronis Disk Director and recover the entire space, resulting in one partition containing the XP OS. I would top up my supply of whiskey, then, after re-partitioning the drive, make another attempt to re-install Windows 7 at a later date.

Imagine my surprise however, when, upon rebooting the system, my Windows 7 Ultimate (yes, Windows 7 Ultimate) was fully restored and on a single partition. I have since pinched myself several times to ascertain that I haven't been dreaming (the empty whiskey bottle was nothing to do with me), tested the boot-up several more times and have now satisfied myself that all is well again. Now, if anyone can explain that I shall be most grateful!

Got the same issue and tried every bootrec.exe option to no avail. Building from scratch now.

Good Luck in your pursuits.

Chaos_2

Well, This is what it happened, Whe you make a partition with other program rather than windows disc utility you risk the chance of some paging files to be in the other part of the partition. Example: I have a non partitioned windows 7 hard drive, But i want to make another partition. When you use it with windows disk utily it sometimes i shows you less space to shrink than you rather have. Why is this ? Because of the paging files, Paging files can be ANYWHERE in the disk, Lets say at the end of the disc ? If you use windows disc utily on a hardrive that has pagination files at the end of hard drive will show no space to shrink because if you shrink it i will tear apart pagination files with the other partition and cause windows to halt in reboot. But other partition programs actually DONT GIVE A  about your paging files. So when you partitioned your drive you actually cut windows paging files and this paging files where in windows xp. But when you recovered the space to make one single partiton the files returned to the same disc, So windows 7 woould run know, You will ask me "But i erased that hardrive and expanded with it the xp os partition, They files werent erased during format ? No, What format does is making ALL THE FILES in that partition overwritable, But they quite exist, So until you dont need more hard drive space that part of the deleted files wont be overwritten. The other thing i will tell you is that your windows 7 wont last long, Because the pagination files that were in windows 7 partition or al they files are still scheduled to be overwriten so if you use much hardrive space there will be a moment where the system will have to overwrite the pagination files and you will be stuck with autochk again. Or maybe windows 7 has a .exe that prevents pagination files to be erased, But i dont know about that but i would be a good idea to be included in windows 8

Hi

 

May be part of your answer is here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/how-to-disable-the-chkdsk-check-disk-on-start-up/35f58c69-7a6c-4e1b-aec3-26d7131ec643

 

Some tweak programs, in order to optimize your registry or hard disk, may add an entry to the boot execute like "autocheck ကþ" or something like that causing the error.