Tip 88: Speedup boot time by improving NTFS check

CHKNTFS is a command that displays or specifies whether automatic system checking is scheduled to be run on a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS volume when the computer is started.

Look up the CHKNTFS syntax and possibilities in Help and Support (Search = chkntfs), or from the command prompt type: chkntfs /?

Using CHKNTFS you can set the AUTOCHK.EXE initiation count down time and reduce it from default 10 seconds to a much lower value, say 4 seconds.

Open up a command prompt and type:

chkntfs /t:4<

This will set the AUTOCHK initiation countdown time to 4 (seconds).