CHKNTFS: Scheduling Automatic Disk Checks
You saw in the preceding section that CHKDSK prompts you to schedule an automatic disk check during the next reboot if you run CHKDSK /F on the system drive (usually drive C: in Windows 8).
If you press Y and Enter at these prompts, CHKDSK adds the AUTOCHK utility to the following Registry setting:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute
This setting specifies the programs that Windows 8 should run at boot time when the Session Manager is loading. AUTOCHK is the automatic version of CHKDSK that runs at system startup.
Windows 8 also comes with a command-line tool named CHKNTFS that enables you to cancel pending automatic disk checks, schedule boot-time disk checks without using ...
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