Cannot Open Volume For Direct Acess

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Gerald

This MS knowledge base describes my problem, I have sent
a request to MS for an answer but in the interim hoping
someone can help.

I have booted into recovery console and run the chkdsk /r
and after finding and fixing errors it now comes back ok,
no errors on drive. When I boot and the system goes to
run a chkdsk it gives this error. Also many programs on
the C drive cannot open certain files.

Please reply to me at gerald_cassel(removethis)
@hotmail.com
Thanks
Gerald

"Cannot Open Volume for Direct Access" Error Message When
Chkdsk Runs at Startup
View products that this article applies to.
SYMPTOMS
When you schedule the Chkdsk utility to run at startup,
you may receive an error message that is similar to the
following when you restart the computer:

Cannot open volume for direct access.
The type of the file system is NTFS.
IFSUTIL: Can't open drive. Status returned = c0000043.
Windows has finished checking the disk.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the
Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of
this article.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more
information in this article when the information becomes
available.
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 
| "Gerald" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | This MS knowledge base describes my problem, I have sent
| a request to MS for an answer but in the interim hoping
| someone can help.
|
| I have booted into recovery console and run the chkdsk /r
| and after finding and fixing errors it now comes back ok,
| no errors on drive. When I boot and the system goes to
| run a chkdsk it gives this error. Also many programs on
| the C drive cannot open certain files. <SNIP>|
| "Cannot Open Volume for Direct Access" Error Message
| When Chkdsk Runs at Startup <SNIP>

Like the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article says: "Microsoft is
researching this problem and will post more information in this
article when the information becomes available."

And to quote Jerold Schulman - Windows: General MVP:

"There is currently no fix for this problem. When a solution
becomes available, Microsoft will probably release a hotfix, or
provide a workaround. If a hotfix becomes available, Microsoft
will include the fix in a Windows XP service pack. NOTE: You may
have success if you schedule Chkdsk to run at startup and use the
/X switch, which will force a dismount."

The above quote is from JSI, INC_ - Tips & Tricks - Windows
Server 2003 - Windows XP - Windows 2000 web site:

JSI Tip 7079_ You receive 'Cannot open volume for direct access'
when Chkdsk runs during Windows XP startup
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBO/tip7000/rh7079.htm

And if forcing a dismount does not work you may want to try the
resolution given by the following Web Site:

Computer Technical Support Forums
All Forums | SOFTWARE SUPPORT | Operating Systems: Microsoft
MyTechSupport_ca - Cannot open volume for direct access
http://www.mytechsupport.ca/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3503

In my words:

Run msconfig. Select a Diagnostic Startup of Basic Devices and
Services Only. Use the method of your choice to schedule autochk
(the version of chkdsk that runs when you restart your computer).
And then reboot.

Note that the Computer Technical Support Forums Web Site implicates
3rd party services and drivers. And while I have not read any official
documentation to that affect, it certainly sounds plausible that
kernel-mode drivers could interfere. Additionally, some on the
Microsoft Public Newsgroup Forums have implicated a Zone Alarm
kernel-mode driver as being the culprit.

Given that, if you know which kernel-mode filter driver is interfering
you could temporarily deactivate it, thus allowing you to run chkdsk and
avoiding completely removing the offending software. For more
information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB816071 - How to Temporarily Deactivate the Kernel Mode Filter Driver
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;816071

For more information about the GUI error-checking tool search
Windows XP Professional Help and Support Center Full-text Search
Matches titled: "Detecting and repairing disk errors".

For more information about the command-prompt method "chkdsk"
(and the /x parameter) search the Windows XP Professional Help
and Support Center for the word in double-quotes and read the
Full-text Search by that title.

For more information about msconfig and the option: Diagnostic
Startup - load basic devices and services only, see the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

KB310560 - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig
Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;310560
 
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