Your description is pretty vague but if you get an error something to the
effect "cannot open volume for direct access" There is some system/boot
start device that is reading/writing to the drive before chkdsk can get a
lock on the drive. Some anti-virus applications do this.
You can also run
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f )
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows XP Setup
CD-Rom. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen press F10 or R to repair a Windows
XP installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Helo There,
|
| Can anyone help me with a disk checker problem? When I select both boxes
on
| the d.c. page I get a warning about not accessing the files. I know this
is
| correct and the d.c. should start as soon as I reboot. However I get the
| d.c. starting notice when rebooting, and immediately underneath get a
"Disk
| checking cancelled" underneath that. The computer then reboots without a
| disk check. How can I get it to do a disk check? is it possible in DOS?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Trevor
|
|
