If your copy of Windows 8/Windows 8.1 initializes the CHKDSK command after some time and you are required to wait before the command initializes, the most likely reason can be that the registry has been modified either automatically because of some incompatible application, or manually by some mischievous user.
In order to rectify this issue, you must reconfigure the registry settings of your computer. The process to do so is given below:
- Log on to the Windows 8/Windows 8.1 computer using the administrator account.
- From the Start screen, click the Desktop tile.
- On the desktop window, press the Windows + R keys simultaneously on the keyboard.
- In the available field in the opened Run command box, type REGEDIT and press Enter.
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- On the User Account Control confirmation box, click Yes to provide your consent to continue.
- On the opened Registry Editor window, from the left pane, locate and select
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
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- Once the Session Manager key is selected from the left pane, from the right pane, double-click the AutoChkTimeout DWORD.
- On the opened Edit DWORD (32-Bit) Value box, under the Value data field, change the current value to 1.
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- Once done, click OK to save the changes.
10. In order to allow the changes to take effect, restart the computer.
11. You can now verify the modifications by scheduling the CHKDSK command at the system startup.
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