I have both Windows 7 and 8 on my system. I used EasyBCD to link the Win 8 bootload (on an SSD) to the Win 7 HDD, but can also select which OS the system boots to through BIOS. If Windows 8 was without issues I would be happy just to use that, however I keep going back to Windows 7 to run FX. I obviously have 2 instances of FSX.

 

Yesterday, when booting back into Windows 7, diskcheck started on the drive that has the Windows 8. I tried pressing a key to stop it but it kept counting down and running. Then, today, when I booted into Windows 8, the same happened again, only this time the Windows 7 OS disk was selected. I got to the PC too late to stop it. When in Windows 8 the Windows 7 HDD was inaccessible, and showed to be totally full. I tried booting back to it thinking it could be some security thing, but no go.

 

I'm not sure what triggered the "disk-check dualing", but I would like to disable it somehow. It occurs prior to the Win 7 splash screen, or during the Win 8 splash.

 

Thanks for any ideas. Bruce.

 

Check the following link - 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

 

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks Jim, much appreciated. I have re-installed Windows 7 on the drive previously affected, and note that diskchk wants to run when I boot to Windows 7, but not now when I boot to Win 8. having this information I can now prevent the Win 7 bootup from doing so. I am really liking Win 8, but boy, it took some time to figure out the new look.... now to get it to work with FSX is the next challenge!

 

Thanks, Bruce.