If you get an error something to the effect "cannot open volume for direct
access" There is some system/boot start device that is reading/writing to
the drive before chkdsk can get a lock on the drive. Some anti-virus
applications do this.
You can also run
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f )
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%
--
Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
"BillW50" wrote:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My HP 7865C computer reports:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
100 percent completed. File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
100 percent completed. Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
100 percent completed. Security descriptor verification
completed.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.
29302528 KB total disk space.
12363472 KB in 88468 files.
28148 KB in 2690 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
176580 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
16734328 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
7325632 total allocation units on disk.
4183582 allocation units available on disk.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My HP 8655C computer reports:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
100 percent completed. File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
96 percent completed. Deleting index entry
ServicesRegistry.xml in index $I30 of file 78768.
Deleting index entry SERVIC~1.XML in index $I30 of file 78768.
Deleting index entry vdt.dat in index $I30 of file 78768.
Deleting index entry ViewMgrCore.dll in index $I30 of file 78769.
Deleting index entry VIEWMG~1.DLL in index $I30 of file 78769.
97 percent completed. 98 percent completed.
99 percent completed. 100 percent completed.
Index verification completed.
Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I keep running CHKDSK /F and rebooting with both computers. And they
seem to be getting a little better each time. But why isn't CHKDSK /F
doing the job in the first place? I also tried CHKDSK /X as well.
Cheers!
___________________________________________
Bill (using a HP AMD 1.2GHZ & Windows 2000)
-- written and edited within Word 2000
Similar Threads
