chkdsk not able to run

[gleonard]

I cannot run a boot time chkdsk. I get "cannot open volume
for direct access" msg. I've check the knowledge base and
the solution doesn't doesn't apply to me because i don't
have that program or any program by that software company
installed on my system. I have disabled GoBack and my
antivirus and any other program/service that I can think of
that could be interferring with the chkdsk request. Nothing
seems to work. I have done boot time chkdsk and diskeeper
defrag before but can't now. Power supply unit went out and
had to replace. Can't get floppy drive to recognise any
3.5" disks that I know are good. It either can't read them
or returns a disk not formatted msg. Everything else seems
to be working normally. System boots fine, except the
chkdsk that is scheduled to run but can't. Can't figure out
how to get chkdsk not to run. It tries to run everytime the
computer is booted up or restarted. Any help or ideas would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance to all those out there who try to render
a solution to my problem.

 

[Robert Mitchell [MSFT]]

Hello Gleonard,

If you think that GoBack might be involved, simply disabling it will not be
enough, neither will uninstalling it. Roxio GoBack writes code into your
Master Boot Record that stays there until something else overwrites it.

I would recommend using a tool like Disk Save to backup your Master Boot
Record, then boot to an old DOS or Win98 boot disk and run "FDISK /MBR".
This will overwrite the code with stardard Microsoft boot code. Backing up
the Master Boot Record first is just for safety sake.

But before you do any of that. Make sure the drive you are trying to run
chkdsk on isn't your system drive. If it is, just the fact that Windows is
running on it will keep CHKDSK from running. If it is infact the drive that
Windows is installed to, you will need to have CHKDSK run on bootup....or
boot into Recovery Console to run it.
--
Robert Mitchell
Windows NT4&2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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[mcp6453]

I would recommend using a tool like Disk Save to backup your Master Boot
Record

Who publishes Disk Save? It is not easy to Google.

 

[mcp6453]

Who publishes Disk Save? It is not easy to Google.

Ok, I found it. It's disksave, and it's part of the NT Resource Kit
supplemental tools. I downloaded it and installed it on my Windows 2000
computer. I thought the EXE was going to just expand the files on the
hard drive, but it installed something, what I'm not sure yet. Hopefully
it is not going to crash my computer.

 

[GLeonard]

-----Original Message-----
Hello Gleonard,

If you think that GoBack might be involved, simply disabling it will not be
enough, neither will uninstalling it. Roxio GoBack writes code into your
Master Boot Record that stays there until something else overwrites it.

I would recommend using a tool like Disk Save to backup your Master Boot
Record, then boot to an old DOS or Win98 boot disk and run "FDISK /MBR".
This will overwrite the code with stardard Microsoft boot code. Backing up
the Master Boot Record first is just for safety sake.

But before you do any of that. Make sure the drive you are trying to run
chkdsk on isn't your system drive. If it is, just the fact that Windows is
running on it will keep CHKDSK from running. If it is infact the drive that
Windows is installed to, you will need to have CHKDSK run on bootup....or
boot into Recovery Console to run it.
--
Robert Mitchell
Windows NT4&2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
others to add to and benefit from these threads and also helps to ensure a
more timely response. Thank you!
This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup posting are mine and do
not necessarily express or reflect the views and / or opinions of Microsoft.




.
Ok. Chkdsk tries to run at boot up on system drive but

can't because "cannot open volume for direct disk access"
msg. Windows boots up and runs perfectly fine except for
that. I have booted from Win2k cd and run chkdsk from
there. Takes a while and sometimes during process it gets
as far as 75% completed and then drops back to 50%
completed. Gives msg chkdsk found and fixed one or more
errors on volume. I run it again till I get no msg of
errors. Then I boot into system drive C: and chkdsk tries
to run but can't because of previous msg. It continues to
try to run at every startup or restart. I had PSU failure
while running chkdsk from recovery console (from CD boot)
and it was at 54% completed when this happened. I have run
Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test from boot disk and reports no
problems with the hard drive. I have an 80GB hard drive
partitioned approx 20GB and 60GB. Run system from C:
partition 20GB and store and run most all other programs
from D: 60GB partition. Pagefile is set on D: partition at
1.5 times RAM. Any other suggestions would be helpful. Is
there a program that can check integrety of motherboard
systems like the disk controller interface. But like I said
I have no problems booting or running windows. The only
reason I noticed this problem was I tried to run Diskeeper
8 boot time defrag and checked the option to run chkdsk at
boot. Thats when all this chkdsk hub bub started.

Thanks for your help and suggestions. Please give more!!!

 

[Larry Serflaten]

Then I boot into system drive C: and chkdsk tries
to run but can't because of previous msg. It continues to
try to run at every startup or restart.

Here is what I do to stop it:

Boot into SafeMode with Command Prompt. Do that by pressing
F8 before Windows loads, (at the screen where you see the message
at the bottom of the screen that says to press F8)

When you go into safe mode, chkdsk may run before windows boots,
I don't know how to stop that, and there is nothing on the screen to
indicate that its running, all I've seen is my HD lite on for 40+ minutes.

I have also seen where it finishes 'whatever' it was doing and then
reboots again.... None the less, keep trying to get into Safe Mode,
(with command prompt) and when you get there, you get a
command prompt.

At that prompt type: CHKDSK C: /f

Where C: is the drive you scheduled it for. It again will report that it
can't access the disk, but it also asks if you would like to schedule
it for the next boot. Say No to that prompt and get out. (Restart
Windows)

During the next boot process, the CHKDSK screen should be gone.
Please report back if that helps, so others might know if its worth
a try...

Good luck! <g>
LFS

 

[GLeonard]

-----Original Message-----




Here is what I do to stop it:

Boot into SafeMode with Command Prompt. Do that by pressing
F8 before Windows loads, (at the screen where you see the message
at the bottom of the screen that says to press F8)

When you go into safe mode, chkdsk may run before windows boots,
I don't know how to stop that, and there is nothing on the screen to
indicate that its running, all I've seen is my HD lite on for 40+ minutes.

I have also seen where it finishes 'whatever' it was doing and then
reboots again.... None the less, keep trying to get into Safe Mode,
(with command prompt) and when you get there, you get a
command prompt.

At that prompt type: CHKDSK C: /f

Where C: is the drive you scheduled it for. It again will report that it
can't access the disk, but it also asks if you would like to schedule
it for the next boot. Say No to that prompt and get out. (Restart
Windows)

During the next boot process, the CHKDSK screen should be gone.
Please report back if that helps, so others might know if its worth
a try...

Good luck! <g>
LFS






.
Thanks, but I edited the registry per one of the links I

found under stopping a pending chkdsk. It worked perfectly.
Chkdsk no longer runs at every boot. Since I can't
determine what service or device is keeping chkdsk from
opening volume I'm going to continue to run it from cd boot
recovery console. I tried to but into safemode but it took
way too long. I'm comfortable editing the registry, but
sometimes I look to find exactly what I need to edit. I
thank all those who took the time to ponder my problem.

 

[Larry Serflaten]

found under stopping a pending chkdsk. It worked perfectly.
Chkdsk no longer runs at every boot. Since I can't
determine what service or device is keeping chkdsk from
opening volume I'm going to continue to run it from cd boot
recovery console. I tried to but into safemode but it took
way too long. I'm comfortable editing the registry, but
sometimes I look to find exactly what I need to edit. I
thank all those who took the time to ponder my problem.

Yeah, had I found that in my searches, I would have gone that
route too....

LFS