In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following path.
On the Windows 10/11 start menu, search for and open “ regedit” (Registry Editor).
For example: chkntfs /x c: d: e: Disable startup check disk scan via “Registry Editor”Ĭaution: Registry editing can cause serious problem and may potentially corrupt your operating system if incorrect changes are made.
To stop disk check for multiple drives, add the drive letters to the end of the command.
The /x parameter is to disable auto check for the selected drives on startup.
Note: Replace C: with the letter of the drive you wish to stop disk checking on Windows startup.
Enter the following command: chkntfs /x c:.
Right-click on Command Prompt from the search result and click “ Run as administrator“.
On Windows 10/11 search bar, search for “ cmd“.
There are two methods to force cancel a scheduled startup disk check on Windows 11/10. You may want to quickly backup any existing data on the disk if you don’t want to lose them later. If this is the case, it usually indicates that your hard drive has started to fail or has already failed. If the disk check finds any error that can’t be fixed, it will let you know in the scan reports at the end of the scan. Once the errors are fixed, Windows will stop scheduling disk checking on startup if there is no other issue detected in any of your disk drives. The disk check process will automatically scan for errors and repair them. The proper action to be taken is to let the disk check run to completion. Repeated forced startup disk check is an indication of possible disk errors or even hardware failure. However, the disk check operation will repeat on every startup until the process can be completed at least once and that the disk has no issue. If you attempt to interrupt and cancel the disk check by “pressing any key”, you can temporary cancel the disk check for the current session.
Windows has detected issues on one of your hard disk drives.
Windows has detected unusual shut down or restart behavior.