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chkdsk running at every boot, can't stop it
Hello! I recently set my Windows 10 computer to run chkdsk at the next reboot. Well, I just rebooted, and chkdsk is failing. It pops up the standard "Checking drive C:" message for a split second then I get a BSOD with the error "CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED".
I figured it's just a bug with Windows 10, no big deal, but now I can't prevent chkdsk from running at startup and, therefore, I can't boot into Windows.
I tried the methods I found elsewhere (from recovery): open regedit, edit the BootExecute key (key doesn't exist to be edited); run chkdsk manually (completed on all drives with no errors); check if drives are flagged as dirty (none are); use chkntfs to disable the check on next startup (had no effect).
I have no idea what else to try. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!