Unable to start CHKDSK

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Philou

Good evening!
I cannot defrag my system volume anymore, it says me "start chkdsk". I run
"chkdsk /f", which asks me to restart.
I then restart, and CHKDSK outputs the error "unable to lock volume for
direct access"
I followed the KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555484/en-us : I
deactivated my Kaspersky, etc all non-MS services, but it didn't help.
My C volume is placed on a 200 Gb RAID-0 array (Intel chipset in a notebook)
constituted of 2x100Gb.

Have you got any idea to solve this ?

Regards
Philippe
 
"unable to lock volume" indicates HD (Volume) is in use. Did you try in
safe mode? Also try by using MSCONFIG to do selective startup.
 
Philou said:
Good evening!
I cannot defrag my system volume anymore, it says me "start chkdsk". I run
"chkdsk /f", which asks me to restart.
I then restart, and CHKDSK outputs the error "unable to lock volume for
direct access"
I followed the KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555484/en-us : I
deactivated my Kaspersky, etc all non-MS services, but it didn't help.
My C volume is placed on a 200 Gb RAID-0 array (Intel chipset in a
notebook) constituted of 2x100Gb.

Have you got any idea to solve this ?

Regards
Philippe
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Are you using Zone Alarm?
 
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 from the RC.

chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows XP
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%

Be sure to have full backups in place before hand.


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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Good evening!
| I cannot defrag my system volume anymore, it says me "start chkdsk". I run
| "chkdsk /f", which asks me to restart.
| I then restart, and CHKDSK outputs the error "unable to lock volume for
| direct access"
| I followed the KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555484/en-us : I
| deactivated my Kaspersky, etc all non-MS services, but it didn't help.
| My C volume is placed on a 200 Gb RAID-0 array (Intel chipset in a
notebook)
| constituted of 2x100Gb.
|
| Have you got any idea to solve this ?
|
| Regards
| Philippe
|
|
 
Somewhere within your system there is something still running causing
a conflict. Check disk has trouble running with any program that is
accessing the drive when its trying to run. The first thing you can try is
booting into safe mode "F8" on boot-up and selecting "safe mode".

Sometimes certian nic cards can interrupt check disk. If you have DSL or
Cable disconnect the cable and run the program from here. If it works, this
tells you that a program outside of the OS is the problem or your nic card.
Safe mode only loads items it needs for the OS.

If that doesn't work...a work around you could try is NTFSDOS Pro.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDosProfessional.html

This program will copy information to floppy disks allowing you to boot from
them. When executed, it mounts the drive(s) in a DOS environment. From here
you can run NTFSCHK (check disk). The only thing I cannot answer is whether
or not the NTFSCHK is accessible in the read-only version. If not, go to
windows\system32 and copy chkdsk.exe to a floppy and run it after you run
NTFSDOS and are at the DOS prompt.

Hope this helps
 
Ah ! A funny thing is that my PC works great in normal mode, but it won't
boot in safe mode !!
All the drivers seem to load correctly, and then the screen stays black for
10 minutes, HDD led permanently ON with no head moving sound, and nothing
happens!!

The problem for NTFS2dos is that I am using a notebook, so I don't have a
floppy drive !

Thank you for your help
Philippe
 
Ah ! A funny thing is that my PC works great in normal mode, but it won't
boot in safe mode !!
All the drivers seem to load correctly, and then the screen stays black for
10 minutes, HDD led permanently ON with no head moving sound, and nothing
happens!!

I am now trying with MSCONFIG... I keep you in touch !
 
I cannot run the RC, as I am using RAID : it needs to load the RAID driver
(with F6 key), but as I use a notebook I haven't got a floppy drive!!
I'm stuck...
Philippe
 

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