RE: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f
Can you do it like this c:\windows\system32\chkdsk /r |y Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Ultraframe design and manufacture innovative and quality conservatory solutions to suit all styles, all applications, all consumers and every price point. By demonstrating our company values of innovation, integrity, total quality, premium service and customer first, we will to continue to build our position as UK market leader. For more information visit our website: www.ultraframe.co.uk The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: 10 May 2010 09:32 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f Hi chaps,. Does anyone know of a way that we can remotely force a workstation to run a full chkdsk on the next reboot? We have a variety of remote tools which can run scripts and edit this and that, but the issue we have is that we can't initiate chkdsk c: /f remotely as the script sits there wanting someone to press Y to tell it to run on the next reboot. Is there a way we can, perhaps, edit the boot files directly to tell them run a chkdsk c: /f? CHKDSK itself must be editing something to have it run at next reboot and I'm hoping we can edit this directly. Olly Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: http://www.g2support.com http://www.g2support.com/ Twitter: g2support http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~personal21eb.jpgg2supportsmall_250x58borderbb3.png
Re: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f
Have you tried using psexec to send the command, either with a /y on the end, or by using an *echo *command to send the y? e.g. *echo y|chkdsk c: /F /R* On 10 May 2010 09:31, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi chaps,. Does anyone know of a way that we can remotely force a workstation to run a full chkdsk on the next reboot? We have a variety of remote tools which can run scripts and edit this and that, but the issue we have is that we can't initiate chkdsk c: /f remotely as the script sits there wanting someone to press Y to tell it to run on the next reboot. Is there a way we can, perhaps, edit the boot files directly to tell them run a chkdsk c: /f? CHKDSK itself must be editing something to have it run at next reboot and I'm hoping we can edit this directly. Olly Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: http://www.g2support.com Twitter: g2support http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~g2supportsmall_250x58borderbb3.pngpersonal21eb.jpg
RE: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f
Cheers chaps; echo y|chkdsk c: /f just made the command prompt window sit there with a flashing cursor for ages while everything else around it stopped responding. c:\windows\system32\chkdsk /r |y doesnt appear to work at all Any others? -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management Web: www.g2support.com Twitter: g2supporthttp://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletterhttp://www.g2support.com/newsletter From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 10 May 2010 10:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f Have you tried using psexec to send the command, either with a /y on the end, or by using an echo command to send the y? e.g. echo y|chkdsk c: /F /R On 10 May 2010 09:31, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.commailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi chaps,. Does anyone know of a way that we can remotely force a workstation to run a full chkdsk on the next reboot? We have a variety of remote tools which can run scripts and edit this and that, but the issue we have is that we can't initiate chkdsk c: /f remotely as the script sits there wanting someone to press Y to tell it to run on the next reboot. Is there a way we can, perhaps, edit the boot files directly to tell them run a chkdsk c: /f? CHKDSK itself must be editing something to have it run at next reboot and I'm hoping we can edit this directly. Olly [cid:image002.png@01CAF02D.89277720] Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.commailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: http://www.g2support.comhttp://www.g2support.com/ Twitter: g2supporthttp://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.jpginline: image002.png
RE: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f
Actually James, ignore what I said, I tried it again and it does appear to work. Thanks -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management Web: www.g2support.com Twitter: g2supporthttp://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletterhttp://www.g2support.com/newsletter From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 10 May 2010 10:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f Have you tried using psexec to send the command, either with a /y on the end, or by using an echo command to send the y? e.g. echo y|chkdsk c: /F /R On 10 May 2010 09:31, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.commailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi chaps,. Does anyone know of a way that we can remotely force a workstation to run a full chkdsk on the next reboot? We have a variety of remote tools which can run scripts and edit this and that, but the issue we have is that we can't initiate chkdsk c: /f remotely as the script sits there wanting someone to press Y to tell it to run on the next reboot. Is there a way we can, perhaps, edit the boot files directly to tell them run a chkdsk c: /f? CHKDSK itself must be editing something to have it run at next reboot and I'm hoping we can edit this directly. Olly [cid:image002.png@01CAF02D.A3F2E6C0] Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.commailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: http://www.g2support.comhttp://www.g2support.com/ Twitter: g2supporthttp://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.jpginline: image002.png
Re: Remotely scheduling chkdsk /f
On 10 May 2010 at 9:31, Oliver Marshall wrote: Hi chaps,. Does anyone know of a way that we can remotely force a workstation to run a full chkdsk on the next reboot? We have a variety of remote tools which can run scripts and edit this and that, but the issue we have is that we can't initiate chkdsk c: /f remotely as the script sits there wanting someone to press Y to tell it to run on the next reboot. Is there a way we can, perhaps, edit the boot files directly to tell them run a chkdsk c: /f? CHKDSK itself must be editing something to have it run at next reboot and I'm hoping we can edit this directly. Olly After a little Googling for force chkdsk next reboot, I found this MSKB: CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963 Reading this, I found that running chkdsk C: /f/r and answering YES changes the contents of this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\Session Manager I dumped this key then ran chkdsk C: /f/r, answering YES, and here's what I got: Before: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager] BootExecute=hex(7):61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,63,00,6b,00,20,\ 00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,6b,00,20,00,2a,00,00,00,00,00 which resolves to autocheck autochk * After: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager] BootExecute=hex(7):61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,63,00,6b,00,20,\ 00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,6b,00,20,00,2f,00,72,00,20,00,5c,00,\ 3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,43,00,3a,00,00,00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,65,\ 00,63,00,6b,00,20,00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,6b,00,20,00,2a,00,\ 00,00,00,00 which resolves to autocheck autochk /r \??\C: autocheck autochk * I created both ChkdskON.reg and ChkdskOFF.reg from these keys, and they work to toggle the BootExecute key. I imagine you could write some VBS which would insert this registry key remotely. If you do, please share! Angus PS I also found a batch file that might help. The lines starting with reg ADD and ending with /f are actually one long line: = Included Stuff Follows = @echo off chkdsk.exe c: if ERRORLEVEL 2 goto ADD_CHECK echo. echo The drive is okay this time. goto end :ADD_CHECK reg ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager /v BootExecute /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d autocheck autochk /p \??\C:\0autocheck autochk * /f echo. echo The drive has problems and chkdsk will run next boot :end = Included Stuff Ends = Seen here: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3790839.php -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-895-3270 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
