Autochk Program

XP Pro, boot does not find Autochk.exe and skips it, no big deal.

Have autochk in system and system32 folder.

Read somewhere that autochk bug in winXP comes from trying to boot XP from a primary partition that is not currently active (IE, its "hidden NTFS") -N/A for me

Also that Hotfix which is supposed to correct a security leak regarding UDP and TCP/IP ports. This hotfix is probably not applicable to most people, and apparently only manifests itself in certain hardware environments, presumably regarding specific BIOS issues within the network card. To solve this problem, go to "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel and remove Windows XP KB824105.

Not convinced yet any comments/suggestions? System runs great.

Fsutil: dirty

Syntax
fsutil dirty {query|set} PathName

Every time Windows XP starts, Autochk.exe is called by the Kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume.

To query the dirty bit on drive C, type:

fsutil dirty query C:

Sample output:

Volume C: is dirty
or

Volume C: is not dirty
To set the dirty bit on drive C, type:

fsutil dirty set C:

From the XP help that is on board.