When chkdsk performs an autocheck, it allows you to cancel the check by pressing a key within 10 seconds. It takes many attempts for it to acknowledge the key press, though. Am I the only one experiencing this? Usually, I can trigger it by 6 seconds (it starts at 10), but just now I couldn't stop it at all. I rebooted and attempted 4 times. Nothing. I know my keyboard is fine not only because I'm typing to you now, but because I always hit F8 to manually choose my boot hard drive.
I recall it being the same in Windows XP, and expected to be fixed by Windows 7.
If you're wondering why I don't just wait it out. 1) waste of time. 2) I've actually had a drive wiped by either chkdsk or a faulty NTFS driver in Hackintosh, but I don't know which it was, and prefer to avoid it period.
Best Answer
You should get the opportunity to "skip" the CHKDSK operation before it starts, but once it's running typically the keyboard is ignored with Windows XP and above when it's initiated as part of the boot process.
There is nothing wrong with the input detection -- the keyboard is ignored while CHKDSK is running, and even CTRL-C doesn't seem to do anything as I recall.