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[John]

I have just done a clean install on my laptop (using the
reload CD). When I finished installing everything back on
I tried to use the Error-checker tool. When I restart my
laptop to begin the error check I get the following
message:

Cannot open volume for direct access.
The type of the file system is NTFS.
IFSUTIL: Can't open drive. Status returned = c0000043.
Windows has finished checking the disk.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem and how the
problem came in? I do not want to do another clean
install as I spent all day reinstalling and setting
everything up!

Thanks.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

It should offer you the ability to have the system check the drive the next
time you boot.

 

[John]

It dosn't. It restarts and goes back into Windows after.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Are you running Zone Alarm Version 5?

 

[John]

No,

I swiched on my laptop today and it did a Error-check!!!!
(A proper full one). Even though I did not ask it to do
one!!!! It said that I did. I think it has some how fixed
the problem. I'm going to try again and tell it do one.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Okay, let us know.