ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID?

[RScotti]

When I run chkdsk /r. on a drive other than my C:\ drive. I get This as part of the information :

ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) y
Volume dismounted. All opened handles to this volume are now invalid.

What does this mean?
It would really be nice if I could have a command prompt @ boot like the old DOS.
Since the one in Safe Mode won't do this either (With C:\).

Have a good day,
RScotti

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[Patrick Keenan]

When I run chkdsk /r. on a drive other than my C:\ drive. I get This as
part of the information :

What does this mean?

It means that chkdsk has ended access to the drive by any other program or
process. A handle is a number, a reference to a particular file on disk or
in memory.

So, if for example you had an open Word doc that was on that drive, Word
would lose access to it when chkdsk invalidated the handles.

chkdsk needs exclusive access to the drive to operate. So it allows you to
dismount the volume. Alternately, if it can't it will offer to schedule the
scan at next boot.

It would really be nice if I could have a command prompt @ boot like the
old DOS.
Since the one in Safe Mode won't do this either (With C:\).

That's safe mode, command prompt only. But you'll still have various
processes running.

HTH
-pk

Have a good day,
RScotti

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[RScotti]

Hi Patrick,
Thanks for the information. I didn't understand what that meant.
I didn't want to damage anything.

It means that chkdsk has ended access to the drive by any other program or
process. A handle is a number, a reference to a particular file on disk or
in memory.

So, if for example you had an open Word doc that was on that drive, Word
would lose access to it when chkdsk invalidated the handles.

chkdsk needs exclusive access to the drive to operate. So it allows you to
dismount the volume. Alternately, if it can't it will offer to schedule the
scan at next boot.


That's safe mode, command prompt only. But you'll still have various
processes running.

HTH
-pk

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Have a good day,
RScotti

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PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
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Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible

 

[busdriver72]

LOL. Yes, it can be difficult to understand. Basically the computer is saying "I'm not able to do the check disk because something else is using the hard drive at the moment. I need full access to the hard drive. If you give me permission to have full access to the hard drive I can do it."