Defrag problem

[Guest]

I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try now, I get
the following message:
Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
; (C. Please run chkdsk / f

Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?

 

[Guest]

there must have been errors detected on your hard disk chkdsk /f is used to
fix them.

 

[MAP]

I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try
now, I get the following message:
Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the
volume ; (C. Please run chkdsk / f

Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?

Not tryimg to be a smart A$$ but why don't you run checkdisc?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/kbtip.mspx

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice, but sorry, am a novice, please could you tell me how
to run chkdsk?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Gill,

Click start/run, type cmd and click ok. Then run this from the prompt:

chkdsk c: /r

After this one, you will see the following:

"The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would
you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)"

Enter "Y" to agree, then exit the cmd prompt and reboot the system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[CWatters]

Hi Gill,

Click start/run, type cmd and click ok. Then run this from the prompt:

chkdsk c: /r

After this one, you will see the following:

"The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would
you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)"

Enter "Y" to agree, then exit the cmd prompt and reboot the system.

The OP said that chkdsk was "scheduled" - perhaps simply rebooting and
waiting for it to run would be enough?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

yes.

The OP said that chkdsk was "scheduled" - perhaps simply rebooting and
waiting for it to run would be enough?

 

[Guest]

tried all the suggestions and I am still stuck... chkdsk will not work...


michael

 

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