Are you using Zone alarm v5.x. If so visit the Zone alarm web site.
To clear the error message run chkntfs /d in a command prompt window.
Review the M/S KB article 160963
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Have a good day,
Mel Marcovitz
"Denis Wong" <deniswong(remove_%_this)[at]sympatico[dot]ca> wrote in message
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> Somehow I was screwing around in Diskeeper Pro- I set the program to run
> CHKDSK and defragment my hard disks once before startup. From that point
> on, CHKDSK would start at startup, but then read an error message "Cannot
> open volume for direct access" (or something like that) and startup takes
> at least 3 times longer than usual.
>
> Anyone know how to stop CHKDSK from starting up, or at least how to speed
> up the startup process? My recent (online) defrag didn't help in speeding
> up the startup.