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XP Scandisk problem
Name: Tom Elix Date: July 2, 2004 at 09:46:35 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: PIII 700
Comment:
Under Disk Properties/Error Checking, I usually set "automatically fix file system errors" which usually causes scandisk(?) to run on reboot.
All of a sudden,instead, I get:
"checking file system on c: The type of the file system is NTFS Cannot open volume for direct access Windows has finished checking this disk ..."
What does this mean? Why doesn't scandisk work anymore?
Name: Steve Dunn Date: July 2, 2004 at 10:08:25 Pacific
Reply:
Try running it from a command prompt:-
chkdsk /F
(scandisk is a win9x/ME tool, NT based systems use chkdsk).
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: July 2, 2004 at 12:21:13 Pacific
Reply:
"checking file system on c: The type of the file system is NTFS Cannot open volume for direct access Windows has finished checking this disk ..." What does this mean?
When you run Check Disk (CHKDSK) or AutoChk on a partition on which NT is installed you may receive one of the following messages
Cannot lock volume for direct access
Cannot open volume for direct access
This can be caused by a 3rd party application locking the partition such as a virus checker or disk monitor tool.
Click Me for info how to disable any 3rd party services or devices that may be locking the partition.
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