chkdsk won't run on boot

Question

My Dell Support Center won't start because there's some file corruption. It advises me to run chkdsk but I can't get it to run on bootup. I tried running it from the Tools tab on My Computer, from the command prompt started in Administrator mode, in regular mode and Safe Mode, and tried to clear the Bootexecute key in the SessionManager registry entry. Yet I keep simply booting into Windows Vista (32 bit Home) on my Inspiron 1720.

What am I missing here?

Noxo · Answer

Try this to see if it will run. Insert the Windows Vista disc. Then, reboot the system and press F12 when you see the Dell logo. Then, highlight the CD/DVD drive and press enter, and press a key when it says press any key. It will boot up, then follow the prompts by hitting next until it takes you to a screen that says Install Now. Don't choose to install, but click on the repair link on the bottom left. Then, click on Command Prompt. In that window, type chkdsk c: /r and press enter.

Dengin · Answer

Thanks for the advice! I went about it a different way but followed the process. I booted to the Repair partition, and ran it from there, and that worked perfectly. I think I had tried to do so once before but I may have forgotten to specify the c drive :-/

rrichard574 · Answer

By Vista Disk, do you mean the 'Reinstallation DVD' provided by Dell? I can't get CHKDSK to run on reboot or any other way. This is a 2 month old 1420 with Vista SP1 preloaded. Pop-ups show Dell folder corrupt or not accessable.   Thanks, Ray

rrichard574 · Answer

Went ahead and ran it from the reinstall disk as posted above. Ran fine.   Thanks, Ray

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