"cannot open volume for direct access" -chkdsk c:

Dave

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13th Oct 2010

hi,

set up checkdisk to happen at next boot, but xp gives error message
"cannot open volume for direct access" - which comes up at every boot now.
does anyone know what this is about?

thanks for any pointers

Dave
(xp pro sp3)

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