No "exclusive access" for disk.

[Guest]

Diskscan wont operate with the "fix errors" box checked, "because the volume
is in use by another process". The error message appears with other disk
repair programs (like Norton). After reading some Q&A on the subject I did a
selective startup, a sys restore, and a chkdsk restart, but these didnt work.
I'm also informed the FAT32 file system is a non-NTFS, and that I should fix
the
error(s) before defragging......This "exclusive access" problem is a common
one, with easy fixes, but THIS time nothing easy seems to be working.

Windows asks if I would like to run the scan next time on restart, so I
click "yes" then restarted. But then when I tried to "fix errors" again, I
get the same thing....It seems to scan fine, but not "fix errors" (and still
prevents defrag)... Any ideas?

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Run, the program in Safe Mode.

Andre Da Costa

 

[Alex Nichol]

Diskscan wont operate with the "fix errors" box checked, "because the volume
is in use by another process". The error message appears with other disk
repair programs (like Norton). After reading some Q&A on the subject I did a
selective startup, a sys restore, and a chkdsk restart, but these didnt work.
I'm also informed the FAT32 file system is a non-NTFS, and that I should fix
the

In XP the program is CHKDSK. It requires exclusive access to a disk it
checks, so that things cannot be changed underfoot as it runs. So go to
Start - All Programs - Accessories - Command prompt
and in that type in
CHKDSK /F C:
(or other drive letter). It will say it needs to lock - reply Y
It will then say it cannot do so, should it set up a run on reboot -
reply Y again

Now reboot and it will happen before Windows starts to load fully

 

[Sandy]

Alternatively you can also open a command prompt and type in

fsutil set dirty C:

The result is the same.