To Defragment or Not to Defragment [Popup unable to Defrag due to scheduling chkdsk /f]

[dcdon]

Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[dcdon]

Found this and am parsing now
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320866&Product=win2000

don


Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[dcdon]

This showed up in the Event Viewer in association to this problem.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 7/23/2004
Time: 8:22:44 AM
User: N/A
Computer: DC
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run
the chkdsk utility on the volume C:.
Data:
0000: 04 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

don




Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[dcdon]

Also found this one as above and the ones under have to do with installation
of USB printer drivers. I do not know if they had anything to do with the
problem, but it showed up before the "ntfs" system problems.
=============================
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 7/22/2004
Time: 8:35:10 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DC
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run
the chkdsk utility on the volume C:.
Data:
0000: 04 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
=============================

=============================
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 7/22/2004
Time: 12:27:47 AM
User: N/A
Computer: DC
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run
the chkdsk utility on the volume C:.
Data:
0000: 04 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h.......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
=============================

Printer Event Eviewer
=============================
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Print
Event Category: None
Event ID: 20
Date: 7/21/2004
Time: 10:29:07 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DC
Description:
Printer Driver Lexmark Z600 Series for Windows NT x86 Version-3 was added or
updated. Files:- LXBCDR5C.DLL, LXBCUI5C.DLL, LXBCUI5C.DLL, LXBCDRV.HLP,
LXBCUN5C.EXE, LXBCUNRS.DLL, LXBCFC5C.DLL, LXBCICUR.DLL, LXBCCLR1.DLL,
LXBCCLR2.DLL, LXBCCLR3.DLL, LXBCSTRN.DLL, LXBCLPA.HLP, LXBCDRV.CNT,
LXBCLPA.CNT, LXBCMA.CNT, CONTACT.HTM, LXBCJSWX.EXE, LXBCPSWX.EXE,
LXBCJSW.DLL, LXBCJSWR.DLL, LXBCLPA.DLL, LXBCLPAR.DLL, LXBCPRP.DLL,
LXBCPRPR.DLL, LXBCPSW.DLL, LXBCPSWR.DLL, LXBCUTIL.DLL, LXBCUPD.DLL,
LXBCUPDR.DLL, LXBCPP5C.DLL, LEXEDF.DLL, lexgo.EXE, LXBCCLN.OUT,
LXBCALGN.OUT, LXBCKALN.OUT, LXBCCALN.OUT, lxbcsply.htm, lxbclegl.htm,
lxbcsk0.dll, lxbcsk1.dll, lxbcsk2.dll, license.txt, lexwww.htm,
ptzipw32.dll, WAVS.EXE, duplex1.prn, duplex2.prn, LXBCGF.DLL, lxbcrme.doc,
lxbcweb.exe, HLP256.DLL, LEXBCE.DLL, LEXBCES.EXE, lexlmpm.dll, LEXPPS.EXE,
LEXP2P32.DLL, LEX2KUSB.DLL, lxbcw2k.ini, lexdrvin.exe, lxbcver.web,
lxbcpwr.dll.
=============================
There were several other printers that were paused and then restarted after
the installation of this printer.
There did not seem to cause the problem, but if you can not find anything
else, I will try removing the other printers that are used as plotters
printers to arrive at .pdf files for completing AutoCad files in 3D, and
flyarounds and walkthroughs.
=============================

thanks for your thoughts,
don








Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[dcdon]

After performing an Inplace Upgrade the system regresses to the same state
when trying to run Defrag through the GUI.

don

Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[dcdon]

Think I lucked up on an good possibility for the Defrag not being able to be
run...
Zone Alarm Pro upgrade 5.0.590.015 stops my computer from executing Chkdsk
Checking into it now...

don

After performing an Inplace Upgrade the system regresses to the same state
when trying to run Defrag through the GUI.

don

Hi,

There is always something new in the wonderful world of computing.

On attempting to run Defragmenter, a popup saying something like "Disk
Defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
(C:\). Please run chkdsk /f ". I had not scheduled any checkdisk.

Is there something or someone causing this? I am totally clueless.

I have done the following:
**Tried running a chkdsk from a commandline, but he following boot was not
able to run the checkdisk /f.
**Installed Recovery Console...
**Read the Help files in Recovery Console for chkdsk /?
**There was no "/f" switch there. There was /p & /r .
**Attempted to use the Recovery Console to run a chkdsk /r, but the first
time at the point the Recovery Console stops at the cursor to choose the
volume to run, the "1" could not be entered.
**After this, I decided to run an Inplace Upgrade. Afterward, I was able
to enter a "1" for the volume to enter a command to run chkdsk /r.
**The chkdsk /r was successfully ran at this point, and defrag was able to
be run once. I decided to run two passes.
And guess what? Same popup again.

**Can someone give me a direction as to the cause of this phenomenon?

TIA,
don

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

This event indicates that the file system has detected what it thinks is
corruption on the drive. Could possibly be a hardware failure creeping up
on you. I don't believe that printer drivers could result in the file
system thinking that there is a problem.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

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