Can't Run Chkdsk

Published on February 19, 2006 By PoSmedley In Personal Computing

Has anyone run across this little problem? It just started happening on my PC.
Err Msg: "Cannot Open the Volume for Direct Access" When You Start ...

I can no longer check for file system errors. I looked through Microsofts info, and the only dirext reference to it I could find concern win200, or virus or disk monitoring software, neither of which I have changed recently. I have run all my adware/virus scans and done all the usual stuff you would do, but I am simply locked out of this task. Any hardcore geeks out there no what's up?

Comments (Page 1)

PoSmedley

on Feb 19, 2006

I have Zone Alarm on my PC for the last year without this happening. Checking the link from Jafo.

Okay, everything on that link I have tried or normally do to check the volume, and that's the problem. None of it works. The chkdsk I run can only be run on restart/boot...the other one to recover bad sectors runs fine. Now I tried to run that fsutil dirty query c: and it won't work. When I eneter it and click 'OK", the little black screen flashes and is gone. So this is another command I can't run.

PoSmedley

on Feb 19, 2006

initiatedsean441 I have tried both methods, your's being the one I normally use, and niether works.

Googling now.

Also searching for Autochk.exe to make sure I still HAVE it.

PoSmedley

on Feb 19, 2006

initiatedsean441 that was the first link I ever saw on this when I looked earlier. The prob is, what do they mean by
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Devices.
3. Click NetworkX, click Startup, click Disabled, click OK, and then click Close. This change does not take effect until the computer is restarted.

I don't see 'Devices' on my Control Panel.

As far as the reference to CrypKey Software Licensing System version 4.3 from Cobalt Systems, is that something I am supposed to have on my PC, because I am unfamiliar with it.

I kind of left the article alone because it seemed to apply to WIN200 and NT4. Does it apply to me? I have XPHome.

sTonEbLuE

on Feb 19, 2006

Ummm...

Jafo

on Feb 19, 2006

http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html

You may need to reboot to have it run...

sTonEbLuE

on Feb 19, 2006

Zone Alarm?

AtlanticCanadianScot

on Feb 19, 2006

hey Po : sometimes when there are actual disk errors this can happen when running the command 'chkdsk' in 'run' - try going into 'my computer'from the taskbar menu, right click 'my computer', click 'properties', click 'tools', click 'error checking', click the two check boxes, when you close with 'OK' you will get an error msg stating 'you do not have exclusive access to local disc C, would you like to schedule a check disk next time you reboot' select yes, reboot - the Microsoft blue screen check list will come up & will probably take a hlf hr to check your C volume for errors & correct them

sTonEbLuE

on Feb 19, 2006

Did you "Google" it?

AtlanticCanadianScot

on Feb 19, 2006

Po : this is starting to sound like you have 'corrupt data' & that is really shittay - here is Microsoft's response...hopefully this will trblshoot it
Link

AtlanticCanadianScot

on Feb 19, 2006

a dude had this very problem on the 16th
Link

AtlanticCanadianScot

on Feb 19, 2006

another similar problem with XP from October '04

Link

AtlanticCanadianScot

on Feb 19, 2006

this Forum from Windows XP Help & Support will clear everything up for you Po...it seems the command to ScanDisk has to be done from safe mode, then rebooted & it will finally do what you so desperately want it to do....as you & I well know, Windows can be temperamental

Link

Double Zero

on Feb 19, 2006

Have you tried Recovery console? I think only XP pro has it though..
Boot into Dos and type Chkdsk at the prompt if your running Home..

PoSmedley

on Feb 19, 2006

This is what I get with a regular chkdsk, after I ran a fsutil dirty query c:, if this helps anyone to understand what may be wrong. Does the 'not dirty' mean it's not corrupt?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner>fsutil dirty query c:
Volume - c: is NOT Dirty

C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner>chkdsk c:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is PRESARIO.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

40136008 KB total disk space.
16935464 KB in 123451 files.
49004 KB in 7188 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
316616 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
22834924 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
10034002 total allocation units on disk.
5708731 allocation units available on disk.

C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner>

Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) is what I CAN'T run at all.

Double Zero

on Feb 19, 2006

CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

Try running it with the /f switch Po and see if that helps...

You could also try system file checker...

To use the system file checker typ CMD at the run box in the start menu.
At the prompt type sfc/scannow
have the windows XP installation disk handy because you will need to put it in the ROM to complete the file checker.

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