Before I begin, please let me say chkdsk.exe is a utility conceived in iniquity and 
born in sin.  In other words - it is crap.  This has been covered in other threads 
though, so I'm going to move on to. . 

Autochk.exe.  My problem is that I scheduled a disk check using chkdsk and now autochk 
has put that little registry entry into my registry to check the disk for errors. 
 


HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute


After checking the disk, it reboots, and then upon re-booting tries to check the 
disk again.  Hence, the looping referred to in the post title.  Now, I know how to 
stop it from doing this - I can either delete autochk.exe, or remove the entries 
in the registry, but my question is WHAT is causing this looping? Why doesn't it 
just fix the drive and then boot into Windows XP?  

Also - when I run chkdsk from the command line I get a message that the drive is 
clean. When I run chkdsk /v /f 
I get a message that there are minor incosistencies.  Considering the number of times 
that I've run chkdsk in the aforementioned loop, shouldn't it have cleared up all 
errors or do they re-occur upon re-booting?  Crap crap crap, I say.
thanks for your patience.

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re: Autochk looping - grrr. Monday, February 24, 2003 at 11:30 am Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) There is a known bug in pcAnywhere v10.5 (and maybe v10.0) that will cause this. If you have pcAnywhere, the fix is to download a new version of the file gernuwa.sys (new version is dated 10/14/2002) located in c:\windows\system32\drivers. File is available at the Symantec web site by drilling down thru interminable levels until you get to the search page for pcAnywhere. If you search on gernuwa.sys you'll get Bupkis. Search on chkdsk or checkdisk. If you don't have pcAnywhere, sorry, this won't help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Monday, February 24, 2003 at 5:22 pm Posted by Cal (93 messages posted) You sir, are a genius. Thank you! On Monday, February 24, 2003 at 11:30 am, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >There is a known bug in pcAnywhere v10.5 (and maybe v10.0) that will cause this. > >If you have pcAnywhere, the fix is to download a new version of the file gernuwa.sys >(new version is dated 10/14/2002) located in c:\windows\system32\drivers. File is >available at the Symantec web site by drilling down thru interminable levels until >you get to the search page for pcAnywhere. If you search on gernuwa.sys you'll get >Bupkis. Search on chkdsk or checkdisk. > >If you don't have pcAnywhere, sorry, this won't help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 12:12 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Genius? Hardly!! Just another guy like you that had the same problem (only mine was on about 25 customer workstations!). Can't tell ya how long it took for me to get an answer from Symantec on that one. Glad to help :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 5:37 pm Posted by Furdog (1 messages posted) Here is the link, thanks. On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 12:12 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >Genius? Hardly!! > >Just another guy like you that had the same problem (only mine was on about 25 customer >workstations!). > >Can't tell ya how long it took for me to get an answer from Symantec on that one. > >Glad to help :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 8:16 am Posted by Cason (1 messages posted) how about this...mine loops because chkdsk skipped; autochk.exe is missing. this started happening after i installed goback3 deluxe. i am running xp. i tried running the repair and the problem persists. i do not have pcAnywhere 10.5 installed. On Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 5:37 pm, Furdog wrote: >Here is the link, thanks. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Monday, August 4, 2003 at 9:21 am Posted by Jon (1 messages posted) I must say, you are the only person who has come up with a solution to this problem. I have also had the same predicament with several client workstations and never would I have thought of PC Anywhere as the cause. How, on earth, did you figure out that it was PC Anywhere in the first place? For that, you certainly are, a genius. Thanks muchly Jon A+/MCSE On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 12:12 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >Genius? Hardly!! > >Just another guy like you that had the same problem (only mine was on about 25 customer >workstations!). > >Can't tell ya how long it took for me to get an answer from Symantec on that one. > >Glad to help :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 9:34 am Posted by Dave (2 messages posted) Where is the link, this would help me out soooo much. I can't find the stupid file anywhere. Please send if you have it. Thanks in advance Dave On Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 5:37 pm, Furdog wrote: >Here is the link, thanks. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 9:52 am Posted by Dave (2 messages posted) ok, finally found it here it is in text and as a quick link http://service1.symantec.com/support/pca.nsf/555e287baf35020288256b10002f2ef2/c0a6652d74f58b4288256b480076850d?OpenDocument On Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 9:34 am, Dave wrote: >Where is the link, this would help me out soooo much. I can't find the stupid file >anywhere. Please send if you have it. Thanks in advance > >Dave > > http://service1.symantec.com/support/pca.nsf/555e287baf35020288256b10002f2ef2/c0a6652d74f58b4288256b480076850d?OpenDocument [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at 6:04 pm Posted by Jim Abell (1 messages posted) I am running Windows NT on a client workstation with the same problem with PC Anywhere 11. I tried to copy the file over but it did not solve it. Can you help me with this? Actually, Symantec people should really fix this bug. On Monday, February 24, 2003 at 11:30 am, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >There is a known bug in pcAnywhere v10.5 (and maybe v10.0) that will cause this. > >If you have pcAnywhere, the fix is to download a new version of the file gernuwa.sys >(new version is dated 10/14/2002) located in c:\windows\system32\drivers. File is >available at the Symantec web site by drilling down thru interminable levels until >you get to the search page for pcAnywhere. If you search on gernuwa.sys you'll get >Bupkis. Search on chkdsk or checkdisk. > >If you don't have pcAnywhere, sorry, this won't help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 8:57 am Posted by PJ (1 messages posted) Well, great that you have found that one. But I have the same problem and do NOT have PC-anywhere installed, so I don't think it has anything to do with that. I really am out of patience and it drives me nuts everytime my pc starts. Are there any other suggestions? I do not understand why Microsoft does not recognize this to be a problem? On Monday, February 24, 2003 at 5:22 pm, Cal wrote: > >You sir, are a genius. Thank you! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Friday, April 23, 2004 at 8:32 pm Posted by Rance Johnson (1 messages posted) Did you ever get this resolved? I'm in the looping hell too, but I can't get back to the OS. It is a client's PC so I don't know if PC anywhere is installed, but I really don't think so. They had no outside access from their office whatsoever. It just keeps running the 5 phases of chkdsk, then reboots itself and a pretty blue XP sceen appears with: Checking the file system on C: The file system is NTFS The Volume is Clean Windows is finished checking the disk. HELP!!! On Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 8:57 am, PJ wrote: >Well, great that you have found that one. But I have the same problem and do NOT >have PC-anywhere installed, so I don't think it has anything to do with that. I really >am out of patience and it drives me nuts everytime my pc starts. Are there any other >suggestions? I do not understand why Microsoft does not recognize this to be a problem? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 1:20 pm Posted by Eric Stacy (1 messages posted) Thanks for the link and everything, but can someone help w/ what to do if I'm unable to even get into the pc? It just keeps rebooting won't go into safe mode or anything. However I try to get into the OS I am unable. The closest I get is the splash screen for XP pro. Then restart. Thanks for any help. On Monday, February 24, 2003 at 9:39 am, Cal wrote: > >Before I begin, please let me say chkdsk.exe is a utility conceived in iniquity and >born in sin. In other words - it is crap. This has been covered in other threads >though, so I'm going to move on to. . > >Autochk.exe. My problem is that I scheduled a disk check using chkdsk and now autochk >has put that little registry entry into my registry to check the disk for errors. > > > >HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute > > >After checking the disk, it reboots, and then upon re-booting tries to check the >disk again. Hence, the looping referred to in the post title. Now, I know how to >stop it from doing this - I can either delete autochk.exe, or remove the entries >in the registry, but my question is WHAT is causing this looping? Why doesn't it >just fix the drive and then boot into Windows XP? > >Also - when I run chkdsk from the command line I get a message that the drive is >clean. When I run chkdsk /v /f >I get a message that there are minor incosistencies. Considering the number of times >that I've run chkdsk in the aforementioned loop, shouldn't it have cleared up all >errors or do they re-occur upon re-booting? Crap crap crap, I say. >thanks for your patience. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 6:30 am Posted by jckrbt (1 messages posted) I am having the same issue of the endless loop. I did install the new Norton 2005 premier but didn't install the goback. On Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 1:20 pm, Eric Stacy wrote: >Thanks for the link and everything, but can someone help w/ what to do if I'm unable >to even get into the pc? It just keeps rebooting won't go into safe mode or anything. > However I try to get into the OS I am unable. The closest I get is the splash screen >for XP pro. Then restart. Thanks for any help. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Friday, January 12, 2007 at 9:17 am Posted by L. Benson (1 messages posted) Thank you for this repair. I've been working on two machines that had the constant Autochk with bsod. I'm sure most of the people with Windows XP sp2 who had this problem were getting the following bsod. Session5_initialization_failed This is a poorly documented error by microsoft. On Monday, February 24, 2003 at 9:39 am, Cal wrote: > >Before I begin, please let me say chkdsk.exe is a utility conceived in iniquity and >born in sin. In other words - it is crap. This has been covered in other threads >though, so I'm going to move on to. . > >Autochk.exe. My problem is that I scheduled a disk check using chkdsk and now autochk >has put that little registry entry into my registry to check the disk for errors. > > > >HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute > > >After checking the disk, it reboots, and then upon re-booting tries to check the >disk again. Hence, the looping referred to in the post title. Now, I know how to >stop it from doing this - I can either delete autochk.exe, or remove the entries >in the registry, but my question is WHAT is causing this looping? Why doesn't it >just fix the drive and then boot into Windows XP? > >Also - when I run chkdsk from the command line I get a message that the drive is >clean. When I run chkdsk /v /f >I get a message that there are minor incosistencies. Considering the number of times >that I've run chkdsk in the aforementioned loop, shouldn't it have cleared up all >errors or do they re-occur upon re-booting? Crap crap crap, I say. >thanks for your patience. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm Posted by sand_danser (1 messages posted) I've read up loads on this issue today & as yet have found nothing? The PC Anywhere fix was a good one but for me it seems that everything is pointing towards Symantec & it's products. I've got the autocheck issue on a PC I took Norton off while removing viruses & Norton kept crashing so used AVG to get the trojans & SPYBOT. I restarted the PC to get this error & I think it's something to do with Norton Go Back? I've got a few HDD readers for the SATA HDD in question but nothing will pick it up after re-writing the MBR during the usual channels of fixing so maybe the MBR has now lost me access to the partitions altogether :( Can anyone shed anymore light on this one please? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 8:25 am Posted by Gigel (2 messages posted) Do a: fsutil dirty set d: or whatever letter your drive is, and then chkdsk /f, and you're done. It worked on me, in several situations. It is something wrong with this "dirty" marking of ms...... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Autochk looping - grrr. Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 8:28 am Posted by Gigel (2 messages posted) Forgot to mention: fsutil.exe is downloaded from microsoft.com [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum