Repost: Problems running chkdsk on laptop with external drives

[Dave Logan]

I cross-posted this on google groups but it hasn't appeared on msnews for
some reason, hence I'm reposting it here.

I have Win XP Pro SP2.

If I try to run chkdsk on my external USB drive plugged into my Toshiba
T1800-314 laptop, I get the following message: "The disk check could
not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access
to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed only by
restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur
the next time you restart the computer?" If I select "Yes", the disk
check does not run when I restart the computer because the system can't
"see" the drive until Windows is running, by which time it's too late
for it to run without that message being displayed again.

However, if I attach the same USB drive to a friend's desktop computer,
I can run chkdsk on the same drive without any warning messages being
displayed and without any problems.

Trying to run chkdsk in safe mode gets identical results.

Toshiba claim they can't reproduce the problem and said I should try
formatting my USB drive. I have now done so, and it has made no
difference - even when the drive is freshly formatted (with a full
format) and contains no data at all, the warning message is still
displayed and chkdsk still won't run. I can't find any references to
the drive in my registry either.

Weird! Any ideas?

Dave

 

[Dave Logan]

Does anyone have any ideas?


|I cross-posted this on google groups but it hasn't appeared on msnews for
| some reason, hence I'm reposting it here.
|
| I have Win XP Pro SP2.
|
| If I try to run chkdsk on my external USB drive plugged into my Toshiba
| T1800-314 laptop, I get the following message: "The disk check could
| not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access
| to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed only by
| restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur
| the next time you restart the computer?" If I select "Yes", the disk
| check does not run when I restart the computer because the system can't
| "see" the drive until Windows is running, by which time it's too late
| for it to run without that message being displayed again.
|
| However, if I attach the same USB drive to a friend's desktop computer,
| I can run chkdsk on the same drive without any warning messages being
| displayed and without any problems.
|
| Trying to run chkdsk in safe mode gets identical results.
|
| Toshiba claim they can't reproduce the problem and said I should try
| formatting my USB drive. I have now done so, and it has made no
| difference - even when the drive is freshly formatted (with a full
| format) and contains no data at all, the warning message is still
| displayed and chkdsk still won't run. I can't find any references to
| the drive in my registry either.
|
| Weird! Any ideas?
|
| Dave
|
|