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- Chkdsk
- HiDaft question coming up and I should know the answer.After running chkdsk on my systems C: drive it reported that the file system was damaged and I should rerun ckdsk /F option.I tried that but chkdsk said that it couldn't lock the disk.I'm runningXP SP2. Any suggestions would be appreciated.Regards...
- Tags: allan_day@..., disk, Regards Allan
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- disk check not performed
- whenever I'm running this command in my notebook(hp pavilion 4450 ) getting the problemC:>chkdsk /fThe type of the file system is NTFS.Cannot lock current drive.Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use byprocess. Would you like to schedule this volumechecked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)I answer...
- Tags: mujahid.cisco@..., CHKDSK C, security, networking, CLI, disk, Chkdsk
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- Disk Check Again
- Every time I start WindowsXP Pro, I get a message and a disk check start, even though it never finds a problem. Per suggestions from your members, I checked to see that I did not have auto check for floppy disk done by my Bios, I removed Norton anti-virus check...
- Tags: disk
- Q&A 2005-03-21
- correcting error in chkdsk xp
- Have a western digital hard drive that is giving me problems. The drive is in it's second year - i thinkWestern Digital Caviar SE WD3000JB 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive There are two older drives It is my husbands machine and I am not sure exactly how...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, computerplumber@..., hour glass, disk
- Discussion threads 2007-09-16
- Cannot delete file from Windows XP server
- Hi,I was testing my backup tapes and did a restore to a Windows XP server. Now I can't delete the restored directory because there is a file that keeps giving me this error when I try to delete it: "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."...
- Tags: ecrwn@..., hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, server, windows, Windows XP Server
- Q&A 2006-03-16
- Hard Drive caddy with xp pro
- I have just bought a new computer with vista on it. I have an old hard drive with xp pro on it, i have put this hard drive in a caddy and tried to boot this drive through the USB. XP pro begins to load then it goes into blue...
- Tags: tdowling18@..., Microsoft Windows XP Professional, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-15
- The Disk in Drive F is not formmated
- i just installed Windows Xp Professional onto a brand new hard drive and after i got it all setup and everything, i turned off the computer to add my Other hard drive i use for storage ONLY [drive f]. it has never had a operating system installed...
- Tags: disk, Chkdsk, t.wilford@..., hard drive, extra hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- SATA drive problems on XP
- Hi,I appear to be having problems with sectors on a Maxtor SATA slave drive connected to my XP Pro machine via a SATA caddy.If the drive is in and i boot the machine, CHKDSK starts to run, and seems to find many sector problems. Eventually Windows boots, but the drive...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, headshot@..., Chkdsk, drive-I, Serial ATA
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- SATA drive problems on XP
- Hi,I appear to be having problems with sectors on a Maxtor SATA slave drive connected to my XP Pro machine via a SATA caddy.If the drive is in and i boot the machine, CHKDSK starts to run, and seems to find many sector problems. Eventually Windows boots, but the drive...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, headshot@..., Chkdsk, drive-I, Serial ATA
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- installing XP on new Hard Drive
- I formatted a hard drive and added it to my PC.I want to install XP on that hard drive for back up, but can't seem to get it right. what am I not doing?Check ThisAdd the secondary drive as Secondary Master by adding the Master Jumper at the back of...
- Tags: BIOS, mrtapp1@..., hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- Tech Tip: Schedule Chkdsk for bootup with Chkntfs in Windows XP
- Follow these steps to schedule Chkdsk for bootup with Chkntfs. When using Chkdsk to troubleshoot and fix problems on NTFS-formatted drives, you may want to configure Chkdsk to run in the early stages of system bootup instead of while the operating system is actually...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows XP, Letter, Chkntfs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2004-07-29
- Tech Tip: Troubleshoot NTFS disk problems with Windows XP's Chkdsk parameters
- Here's how to troubleshoot NTFS disk problems with Chkdsk's parameters. As you probably know, you can run the Chkdsk.exe utility to see how much disk space is available and if any problems exist with the disk. ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Parameter, NTFS, Disk, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Chkdsk
- Technical articles 2004-07-29
- Check for damaged disks in Windows 2000 Pro with CHKDSK and CHKNTFS
- CHKDSK and CHKNTFS in Windows VistaDo we have the CHKDSK and CHKNTFS Utilities in Vista. If yes how do i use them?RE: Check for damaged disks in Windows 2000 Pro with CHKDSK and CHKNTFSgreat, but my system was Fat 32 and, reading Cnet courses, I switched over to NTFS. Now,...
- Tags: michael_change@..., Chkdsk, CHKNTFS, disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Automating Chkdsk
- I want my workstations to check for and repir errors on their local c: drive during the evening.There is a TechRepublic download for automating chkdsk and defrag. I downloaded this, but there is a bug in it. The code contains the line echo Y chkdsk /f /rOf course the result...
- Tags: EdLockett
- Q&A 2004-11-10
- Laptop can not find hard drive
- I purchased an Acer Aspire 5315 laptop. It came with Windows Vista operating system. I didn't like Vista, so I used a program called Disk Kill to delete everything on the hard drive. I reformatted the hard drive, and tried to install Windows XP Pro. The install could not find...
- Tags: Notebooks, tnt696@..., hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Cannot boot message 'cannot read disk' please help
- Following a windows xp system restore, the computer crashed and when booting says it cannot read disk.Have tried the XP repair, cannot run a chkdsk as it says it's scrambled. Please help, don't want to reformat and lose stuff on hard drive but cannot access hard drive at allFreezer trickIt's...
- Tags: taramurray@..., hard drive, disk
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- BSOD saying unmountable volume
- please help me, its about BSOD saying unmountable volume, im using win XP prof, 128 mb ddr, built in video card, thanks for the respond...The rest of the error code would be of great assistance in troubleshooting this issue, as the code provides specific information on where to start looking.The...
- Tags: BSOD, CHKDSK /P, CHKDSK /R, hard drive, n2c_mediana@...
- Q&A 2005-03-01
- XP won't boot; no trick works
- I have a pc where XP won't boot. Not only won't it boot but safe mode won't work, last known won't work, etc etc. None will. Not even an XP emergency start up on floppy will.I get this messege with the emergency floppy: "Windows could not start because of a...
- Tags: easternmedia@..., Microsoft Windows XP, disk, hard drive, safe mode, hardware
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- chkdsk not valid drive c:
- i have windows xp. when i turn on the PC, i have the message "press F1 for Boot or F2 for setup"i ran system console recovery from "a:" and also from "d:" and type chkdsk with all parameters, /r , /p and drive only,and display "the specified drive is not...
- Tags: disk, floppy disk, hard drive, pablonava@..., PC, Safe Mode
- Q&A 2004-10-13
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