Can't Run Chkdsk
Sunday, February 19, 2006 by PoSmedley | Discussion: 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?
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?
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Chris TH
Reply #22 Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:36 PM
It likely because with Windows loaded & running there's a whole shedload of DLL's, driver files etc etc that are locked by Windows so chkdsk can't access the disk freely.
There's a /X option for chkdsk which forces dismounting of the disk first, but I would try this only as a last resort and reboot immediately after chkdsk finishes since all those DLL's would no longer be 'connected' to windows.
Better is to do it from a boot disk like DZ suggests above...
Reply #22 Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:36 PM
| This is the cmd I CAN"T run. |
It likely because with Windows loaded & running there's a whole shedload of DLL's, driver files etc etc that are locked by Windows so chkdsk can't access the disk freely.
There's a /X option for chkdsk which forces dismounting of the disk first, but I would try this only as a last resort and reboot immediately after chkdsk finishes since all those DLL's would no longer be 'connected' to windows.
Better is to do it from a boot disk like DZ suggests above...
PoSmedley
Reply #23 Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:01 PM
I can't.
I don't and I don't. CD-RW?DVD-R drive. A lot of computers don't come with Floppy drives anymore. Like mine.
Tried booting in Safe Mode and Safe Mode Command Prompt. It starts to boot and then freezes with this list of stuff on my PC tat turns red.
Where oh where can my Underdog be? Oh where oh where can he be?
Reply #23 Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:01 PM
| Start-run-cmd-chkdsk /f You should be prompted to reboot. Alternatively...do same from safemode |
I can't.
| Ok..Not a prob, Assumimg you have a Floppy drive and a spare disk |
I don't and I don't. CD-RW?DVD-R drive. A lot of computers don't come with Floppy drives anymore. Like mine.
Tried booting in Safe Mode and Safe Mode Command Prompt. It starts to boot and then freezes with this list of stuff on my PC tat turns red.
Where oh where can my Underdog be? Oh where oh where can he be?
PoSmedley
Reply #24 Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:02 PM
Reply #24 Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:02 PM
darn double post
Is it time to grab a bottle of Jack, arm myself and wait for the Blue Screen O' Death ? I promise, I may be the first one hurt, but I won't be the last!
Is it time to grab a bottle of Jack, arm myself and wait for the Blue Screen O' Death ? I promise, I may be the first one hurt, but I won't be the last!
yrag
Reply #25 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:13 PM
Reply #25 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:13 PM
WTF.......all this over chkdsk....??
OK......first off...is Presario actually the name of your OS volume (partition) or is it the name of your HP recovery volume?
Second....list the spyware apps you have installed.
Third.....why are you even running chkdsk. Is there a problem with something?
OK......first off...is Presario actually the name of your OS volume (partition) or is it the name of your HP recovery volume?
Second....list the spyware apps you have installed.
Third.....why are you even running chkdsk. Is there a problem with something?
PoSmedley
Reply #26 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:34 PM
Reply #26 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:34 PM
1. not sure if OS or recovery volume...where it says Volume above is exactly how I copied it from the cmd window.
2. Adaware, Spybot, Windows Defender, Zone Alarm Spyscan,System Mechanic Spyscan, Spy Doctor, Avast...Windows Defender just added..all others have been running fine for a year or more.
3. There have ben some file iregularity's...ex, When I try to open a file with Photoshop, no matter what it is I am getting the image of PNG I made over a month ago in the little preview window..the icons in my system tray come and go when I boot..never the same ones...sometimes the PC freezes and the screen and taskbar will refresh and I have to reactivate the quicklaunch toolbar or the system tray icons will vanish and only a few come back. I run Chkdsk /f occasionally as well as defrag just to keep on top of things and keep things running smoothly.
2. Adaware, Spybot, Windows Defender, Zone Alarm Spyscan,System Mechanic Spyscan, Spy Doctor, Avast...Windows Defender just added..all others have been running fine for a year or more.
3. There have ben some file iregularity's...ex, When I try to open a file with Photoshop, no matter what it is I am getting the image of PNG I made over a month ago in the little preview window..the icons in my system tray come and go when I boot..never the same ones...sometimes the PC freezes and the screen and taskbar will refresh and I have to reactivate the quicklaunch toolbar or the system tray icons will vanish and only a few come back. I run Chkdsk /f occasionally as well as defrag just to keep on top of things and keep things running smoothly.
yrag
Reply #27 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:42 PM
...that's a winner. Un-install it and try the chkdsk again.
Having said that.....all the 'glitches' you mentioned aren't necessarily associated with corrupt files or sectors. If your defrag runs without error, then I would look elsewhere for the cause.
Reply #27 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:42 PM
| Spy Doctor |
...that's a winner. Un-install it and try the chkdsk again.
Having said that.....all the 'glitches' you mentioned aren't necessarily associated with corrupt files or sectors. If your defrag runs without error, then I would look elsewhere for the cause.
Double Zero
Reply #28 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:44 PM
Reply #28 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:44 PM
Yrag will fix ya, if he cant..Well Ummm..Lost cause?..
G'luck!
G'luck!
yrag
Reply #29 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:48 PM
Reply #29 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:48 PM
By the way Po...all the symptoms you listed are the end results of the Explorer shell crashing. When it happens again, look in Administrative Tools/ Events and see what triggered it.
PoSmedley
Reply #30 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:52 PM
Reply #30 Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:52 PM
My bad. It's 'Spyware Doctor' from PC Tools Software...or did you know that already?
AtlanticCanadianScot
Reply #36 Monday, February 20, 2006 6:49 AM
Reply #36 Monday, February 20, 2006 6:49 AM
Po...if I may add, it appears you are in overkill mode w regards to spyware & trojan protection...if you have Spyware Doctor, which is what I use & is absolutely superb for ridding one's system of every trojan & parasasite know to man & has 'on guard' protection, why would you top off with all those other freebie apps - I would recommend using just the Spyware Doctor & you will have more than adequate protection & absolutely will not cause the aforementioned problem that lead to this thread
PoSmedley
Reply #37 Monday, February 20, 2006 7:36 AM
Reply #37 Monday, February 20, 2006 7:36 AM
After seeing them all 'listed'. I might agree on the overkill bit. However, all this started 'after' I upgraded to the newest version of Spyware Doctor. What also started happening was this stupid little spyware thing that it and Adaware kept detecting. I am sorry I can't rememeber what it was, but SpyDoc would list it as this big threat and Adaware would refer to it as kind of a decoy that was designed to make you think you had spyware and force you into 'buying the full version' of a product to remove it. It never occured to me it could be Spyware Doctor sneaking the lil bugger in on the upgrade.
Looking back, it was when I followed some forum advice on how to manually remove it (Cause nothing else would or could) that I started having the dskchk problem.
I hate to tell you, becuase you like Spyware Doctor so much, but yrag was right. I uninstalled Spyware Doctor and the problem is solved.
As for too many spyware programs...what info I could gather was that Virus programs have the problem with conflicting with one another, not the adaware. This I gathered a little while ago, when I made a Hijack This post on SWI forums and was told to knock my virus prog's down to just one, and they encouraged me to get another adware prog (Spyware Blaster), explaining it was okay. The reason I have all I do is that I have often found that they don't all catch and see what each other do.
Looking back, it was when I followed some forum advice on how to manually remove it (Cause nothing else would or could) that I started having the dskchk problem.
I hate to tell you, becuase you like Spyware Doctor so much, but yrag was right. I uninstalled Spyware Doctor and the problem is solved.
As for too many spyware programs...what info I could gather was that Virus programs have the problem with conflicting with one another, not the adaware. This I gathered a little while ago, when I made a Hijack This post on SWI forums and was told to knock my virus prog's down to just one, and they encouraged me to get another adware prog (Spyware Blaster), explaining it was okay. The reason I have all I do is that I have often found that they don't all catch and see what each other do.
AtlanticCanadianScot
Reply #38 Monday, February 20, 2006 8:47 AM
Reply #38 Monday, February 20, 2006 8:47 AM
food for thought guys....thx for the feedback Po...as long as your system is functioning to full capacity 'it's all good'..we all know what our systems need to 'balance' & function well - & yeah, my old ISP security suite 'Zero Knowledge' that had a superb spam sweeper/blocker & anti-virus protection suite for my previous Dell Laptop was 'sugar in the gastank' on my new Toshiba Satellite laptop & I found through trial & error & many a blue crash screen that the only security suite I could use that was effective & functional on my new system was the Kaspersky Security Suite from Russia
kona0197
Reply #39 Monday, February 20, 2006 3:58 PM
Reply #39 Monday, February 20, 2006 3:58 PM
MS antispyware also has real time scanning Po'smedley. I use that and adware. I rarely get spyware.
PoSmedley
Reply #40 Monday, February 20, 2006 4:52 PM
I know. I just switched over to Windows Defender.
Reply #40 Monday, February 20, 2006 4:52 PM
| MS antispyware also has real time scanning |
I know. I just switched over to Windows Defender.
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Reply #21 Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:27 PM