I am unable to schedule a CHKDSK at system reboot. What I do is the following:
-in the command prompt I type CHKDSK/F
-I am told that the drive cannot be locked and if I would like to schedule a
checkdisk at reboot
-I type Y
-I reboot and it does not run the check disk
If I schedule it for the other fisical drive thou it does work.
Can anybody help?

BTW my OS is WIN2K, but I posted my question there and got no responses.
Please forgive my intrusion here.

Try...

CHKDSK X: /F

Where X ix the drive letter.

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Wes
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In news:F6F4EA8E-0373-4125-BFA3-48A03EB8BB20@microsoft.com,
Mike MIlano <MikeMIlano@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:

Yes I do specify the drive. I should have mentioned it, but it does not work.
Puzzling...

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Mike

Have you been using any other Disk Defragmenter?

Is this the exact phrase "the drive cannot be locked "?


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"Mike MIlano" <MikeMIlano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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CHKDSK is not a disk defragmenter from my understaning, and yes I use
DISKEEPER. ANd as you said i get the message "the drive cannot be locked"
always do. Is it normal?

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

I only have one drive and one volume, so I cannot test this.

What happens if you run chkdsk from My Computer?

1. In My Computer, right-click the drive you want to
check and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Check both boxes:

� Automatically fix file system errors
Runs Chkdsk by using the /f parameter.
[[Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk
checking. All files must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is
currently in use, a message asks if you want to reschedule
the disk checking for the next time you restart your computer. Your drive is
not available to run other tasks while the disk is being checked.]]

� Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
Runs Chkdsk by using the /r parameter.
[[Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk
checking, locates bad sectors, and recovers readable information. All files
must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is currently in use, a
message asks if you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time
you restart your computer. Your drive is not available to run other tasks
while the disk is being checked. If you select this option, you do not need
to select Automatically fix file system errors. Windows fixes any errors on
the disk.]]

If files are open, the following error message appears:

[[The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs
exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be
accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check
to occur the next time you restart the computer?]]

Click YES.

Reboot.

That message and this one are normal...

[[Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would
you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system
restarts? (Y/N) ]]

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:5B213BBF-4C07-4D53-B180-6034693F28DF@microsoft.com,
Mike MIlano <MikeMIlano@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:

Mike

Unable to run CHKDSK
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555484/en-us

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Stourport, England

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"Mike MIlano" <MikeMIlano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Your missing a space between chkdsk and the forward slash, you should be
typing CHKDSK /C or whatever drive letter
"Mike MIlano" <MikeMIlano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I think it go like this: chkdsk (the drive your checking): space /f
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