AUTOCHK.EXE not found on Win2k Prof.

[Alex Taylor]

I have been running a dual boot system for a couple of years now with Win2k, NTFS), in one partition and Win98, (FAT32), in another. The disks are partitioned further for separate data and development areas.

Up to a few weeks ago the systems boot normally with no problems. Then, suddenly, the Win2k system displays a message at boot time telling me that;

\systemroot\windows\system32\autochk.exe cannot be found

The variable SYSTEMROOT resolves to J:\WINNT which is correct for my Win2k system. But there is no WINDOWS directory; the windows operating system in in WINNT.

I created a sub-directory call WINDOWS under J:\WINNT and placed AUTOCHK.EXE in it to try to let the boot sequence find the programme: it still didn't work.

I have checked out the other posts in this forum and followed thee suggestions with the following results:

1. As I am running Win2k the Windows XP HotFix: KB824105 has not been installed on my system
2. Checking my disks with PQMAGIC I find that none of the system partitions are hidden

Can anybody help me on this one?

Thanks
Alex

 

[Sjbrand99]

Try finding the file to replace it using your install disk... thats all i can think. Unless you know what happened to it or what it was for.

 

[Alex Taylor]

Tried that...

Thanks Sjbrand99 but I have already tried that.
I also ran FSC at startup but the same thing happens.
Any other suggestions welcome.

Cheers,
Alex