TSGL: Chkdsk and Defrag

[jonpan]

Hi all,

XP SP2, Athlon 2100+, 1GB RAM, HDD 0 = 80GB, HDD 1 = 40GB

Every three days or so, my PC starts running Chkdsk on the D: partition at boot, due to 'inconsistancies'.
At the same time, Defrag refuses to operate on D: saying that Chkdsk /f needs to be run.

Using Chkdsk from Windows at the next startup has no effect.

I can stop chkdsk running at boot by changing the registry entry, but the problem with defrag remains.

The only way I've found to solve the problem is to run chkdsk /p /r from the Recovery Console. The initial message is
"Chkdsk is performing additional checking or recovery..."
and at the end,
"Chkdsk found and fixed one or more errors"
That takes quite a long time,doesn't tell you what was fixed and only lasts for a few days.

Does anyone have any ideas how to find out what on the D:-partition could be causing this? The hard disk itself is relatively new and has tested perfect. No virus or spyware detected.

Thanks for any help.

John
Od/G