Checkdisk

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whenever i try to use chekdisk in computer restart i
recieve the message:
volume is ntfs cannot open volume for direct access

and check disk doesnot run . any ideas? thanks
 
spike said:
whenever i try to use chekdisk in computer restart i
recieve the message:
volume is ntfs cannot open volume for direct access

and check disk doesnot run . any ideas? thanks
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If this is the first time you have run CHKDSK since installing Zone Alarm 5
that is where your problem comes from. Go to the FAQs at the ZA site and
follow the instructions to uninstall ZA5 and replace with ZA 4.5. There are
other possible causes but ZA5 is flavour of the month !

Richard.
 
I'm so totally depressed about this!! I did a clean uninstall of Zone Alarm
5 and did a clean install of Zone Alarm 4.5. I thought that solved the
problem but when I tried to do chkdsk today for the first time after
reinstalling ver 4.5, I am getting the same error message. Chkdsk worked
just fine until I installed Zone Alarm 5.

Each time I start the computer, it tries to run chkdsk. Is there some way I
can get it to stop trying to run chkdsk? I tried to restore my system to an
earlier date, but I doesn't work because the computer keeps trying to run
chkdsk.

I guess there is no fix for this problem and I will probably have to live
with it, no thanks to Zone Alarm.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!




spike said:
whenever i try to use chekdisk in computer restart i
recieve the message:
volume is ntfs cannot open volume for direct access

and check disk doesnot run . any ideas? thanks
Click to expand...

If this is the first time you have run CHKDSK since installing Zone Alarm 5
that is where your problem comes from. Go to the FAQs at the ZA site and
follow the instructions to uninstall ZA5 and replace with ZA 4.5. There are
other possible causes but ZA5 is flavour of the month !

Richard.
 
Sometime on, or about Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:26:54 -0700, Regina
scribbled:
I'm so totally depressed about this!! I did a clean uninstall of Zone Alarm
5 and did a clean install of Zone Alarm 4.5. I thought that solved the
problem but when I tried to do chkdsk today for the first time after
reinstalling ver 4.5, I am getting the same error message. Chkdsk worked
just fine until I installed Zone Alarm 5.

Each time I start the computer, it tries to run chkdsk. Is there some way I
can get it to stop trying to run chkdsk? I tried to restore my system to an
earlier date, but I doesn't work because the computer keeps trying to run
chkdsk.

I guess there is no fix for this problem and I will probably have to live
with it, no thanks to Zone Alarm.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!




If this is the first time you have run CHKDSK since installing Zone Alarm 5
that is where your problem comes from. Go to the FAQs at the ZA site and
follow the instructions to uninstall ZA5 and replace with ZA 4.5. There are
other possible causes but ZA5 is flavour of the month !

Richard.
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I've heard that's a common bug with the new release of ZA. They
recommend that you drop back to the 4.5 version until they fix it.

Sam
 
Regina said:
I'm so totally depressed about this!! I did a clean uninstall of Zone Alarm
5 and did a clean install of Zone Alarm 4.5. I thought that solved the
problem but when I tried to do chkdsk today for the first time after
reinstalling ver 4.5, I am getting the same error message. Chkdsk worked
just fine until I installed Zone Alarm 5.

Each time I start the computer, it tries to run chkdsk. Is there some way I
can get it to stop trying to run chkdsk? I tried to restore my system to an
earlier date, but I doesn't work because the computer keeps trying to run
chkdsk.

I guess there is no fix for this problem and I will probably have to live
with it, no thanks to Zone Alarm.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!
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Lose ZA entirely then. Try a different free firewall. I use Kerio PF on
several different machines and have never had a problem with it.

Steve
 
Sometime on, or about Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:04:42 GMT, Steve N.
scribbled:
Lose ZA entirely then. Try a different free firewall. I use Kerio PF on
several different machines and have never had a problem with it.

Steve
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Or, go back to the earlier version of ZA. The people at ZoneLabs are
aware of the problem and a fix is expected shortly.

Sam
 
Hi Sam,

I wrote in my original post (see below) that I did go back to the earlier
version (4.5) and I am still having the problem with chkdsk.

Do yo have any other suggestions?

Thanks!!

Sometime on, or about Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:04:42 GMT, Steve N.
scribbled:
Lose ZA entirely then. Try a different free firewall. I use Kerio PF on
several different machines and have never had a problem with it.

Steve
Click to expand...

Or, go back to the earlier version of ZA. The people at ZoneLabs are
aware of the problem and a fix is expected shortly.

Sam
 
Sometime on, or about Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:20:42 -0700, Regina
scribbled:
Hi Sam,

I wrote in my original post (see below) that I did go back to the earlier
version (4.5) and I am still having the problem with chkdsk.

Do yo have any other suggestions?

Thanks!!

Sometime on, or about Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:04:42 GMT, Steve N.
scribbled:


Or, go back to the earlier version of ZA. The people at ZoneLabs are
aware of the problem and a fix is expected shortly.

Sam
Click to expand...

You may need to do a "Clean" uninstall, since not every piece of the
old system is deleted normally. Try:
"C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zauninst.exe" /clean

Then try reinstalling 4.5. After that, you'll need to put in your
license code again and if you didn't export your settings, you'll need
to start from scratch.

Sam
 
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