Disk defrag error message help!!

[Guest]

I'd like to defrag my hard drive - which has not been done in about two
years. I'm getting the following error message from Windows (XP pro) when
selecting my C: drive to analyze prior to disk defragmentation: "disk
defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume :
(c. Please run Chkdsk/f. When I run chkdsk/f from a DOS prompt I get
another message that "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?" I do not respond "yes" to this question, because I don't see how
it has anything to do with the original error message.

If someone has encountered this error while attempting to defrag their hard
drive and knows of a fix for it, please let me know.

 

[Guest]

This is the short version....

Chkdsk can't access the NTFS volume (file system) while XP is running, so
you've gotta answer YES so that it will do it on the next reboot. Using the
/f parameter is important because it's the switch that tells chkdsk to fix
the errors that it finds.

For more information, type chkdsk /? at the command prompt - it'll give you
a list of the switches that are available.

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

You are NOT getting an error message. You are getting an informational
message that tells you what to do, and how to do it. Read the message and do
as it says. Then reboot!

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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