Hi,
So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for errors
on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run
CHKDSK /f
I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also encountered
this error.
Help!
Thanks in advance.

What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run?


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AIANDAS wrote:
> Hi,
> So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
> errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error
> and to run CHKDSK /f
> I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
> I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
> encountered this error.
> Help!
> Thanks in advance.

So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the
error, or additional details?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
> errors
> on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run
> CHKDSK /f
> I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
> I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
> encountered
> this error.
> Help!
> Thanks in advance.

Yes after I have rebooted I still get that there is an error on my disk. I
forgot to mention I am running XP SP3 here.


"Gerry" wrote:

> What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run?
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> AIANDAS wrote:
> > Hi,
> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
> > errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error
> > and to run CHKDSK /f
> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
> > encountered this error.
> > Help!
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the error
as well in addition to the defragger as well.
I still get this error, should I be concerned?

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the
> error, or additional details?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
> > errors
> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run
> > CHKDSK /f
> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
> > encountered
> > this error.
> > Help!
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

What is the exact wording of the error? Are you using a third party
defragmenter. What is your anti-virus programme?


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AIANDAS wrote:
> Yes after I have rebooted I still get that there is an error on my
> disk. I forgot to mention I am running XP SP3 here.
>
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> AIANDAS wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
>>> errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error
>>> and to run CHKDSK /f
>>> I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
>>> I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
>>> encountered this error.
>>> Help!
>>> Thanks in advance.

Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You didn't
answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me, instead,
and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer
the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can muster.

One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your
defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds more
like it just runs CHKDSK in the background.

Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more
questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3
installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the
> error
> as well in addition to the defragger as well.
> I still get this error, should I be concerned?
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the
>> error, or additional details?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>>
>> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
>> > errors
>> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run
>> > CHKDSK /f
>> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
>> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
>> > encountered
>> > this error.
>> > Help!
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>

Defragger is O&O Pro version 10. I hadn't checked the CHKDSK with SP2 in my
collective memory.
I did this check since I noticed O&O offered that as a choice and this is
how I came to find out that I am getting thse errors.
Still should I be concerned?

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You didn't
> answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me, instead,
> and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer
> the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can muster.
>
> One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your
> defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds more
> like it just runs CHKDSK in the background.
>
> Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more
> questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3
> installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the
> > error
> > as well in addition to the defragger as well.
> > I still get this error, should I be concerned?
> >
> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
> >
> >> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the
> >> error, or additional details?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary S. Terhune
> >> MS-MVP Shell/User
> >> http://grystmill.com
> >>
> >> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
> >> > errors
> >> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run
> >> > CHKDSK /f
> >> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
> >> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
> >> > encountered
> >> > this error.
> >> > Help!
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Reason I hesitated to answer your question is because parts of what you
describe made no sense, so I had to read up. That's also why I wanted more
details.

When you run CHKDSK /f on a partition with open files (drive cannot be
locked), it should refuse to run and prompt you to have it to run after a
restart. This should ALWAYS occur on the system partition. However, there is
this blurb in Help:

"If you run chkdsk without the /f command-line option on an active
partition, it might report spurious errors because it cannot lock the
drive."

....which is what I think you're getting. What you describe doesn't really
match those words, but it's too close a coincidence to ignore. Perhaps,
somehow, CHKDSK is *always* putting up spurious error notices when what it
should be doing is prompting you to run CHKDSK on restart due to the
partition not being lockable. I won't speculate on *how* this might have
occurred (though that defrag program does come to mind), just that it sounds
like what like is happening to your system.

So, tentatively, I'd say the error notices you're getting are spurious. But
you still haven't given me the error notice(s) verbatim -- EXACTLY what do
they say? Is the error message EXACTLY the same whether prompted by O&O
Defrag or by CHKDSK?

When you do run CHKDSK /f on C:\, it *does* prompt you to let it run after a
restart, does it not? Also, since you mention other partitions, are you
multi-booting other OSes or are they all (except C:\) simple data storage
partitions? In particular, what's on that "other partition" that you mention
having the same problem.

Two things I'd try: Frist, I'd uninstall O&O and then try
CHKDSK C:
and see if it still reports errors.

After testing, reinstall O&O and then check for updates at the app's site.
Then run its defrag.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E759E4EA-A2A6-4BC0-9643-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Defragger is O&O Pro version 10. I hadn't checked the CHKDSK with SP2 in
> my
> collective memory.
> I did this check since I noticed O&O offered that as a choice and this is
> how I came to find out that I am getting thse errors.
> Still should I be concerned?
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You
>> didn't
>> answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me,
>> instead,
>> and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer
>> the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can
>> muster.
>>
>> One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your
>> defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds
>> more
>> like it just runs CHKDSK in the background.
>>
>> Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more
>> questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3
>> installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>>
>> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the
>> > error
>> > as well in addition to the defragger as well.
>> > I still get this error, should I be concerned?
>> >
>> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>> >
>> >> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for
>> >> the
>> >> error, or additional details?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gary S. Terhune
>> >> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> >> http://grystmill.com
>> >>
>> >> "AIANDAS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for
>> >> > errors
>> >> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to
>> >> > run
>> >> > CHKDSK /f
>> >> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C:
>> >> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also
>> >> > encountered
>> >> > this error.
>> >> > Help!
>> >> > Thanks in advance.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>