Guest AIANDAS Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Hi, So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run CHKDSK /f I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also encountered this error. Help! Thanks in advance.
Guest Gerry Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: chkdsk error What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AIANDAS wrote: > Hi, > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for > errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error > and to run CHKDSK /f > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also > encountered this error. > Help! > Thanks in advance.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: chkdsk error So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the error, or additional details? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-E96184A2C219@microsoft.com... > Hi, > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for > errors > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run > CHKDSK /f > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also > encountered > this error. > Help! > Thanks in advance.
Guest AIANDAS Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: chkdsk error Yes after I have rebooted I still get that there is an error on my disk. I forgot to mention I am running XP SP3 here. "Gerry" wrote: > What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run? > > > -- > > > > Hope this helps. > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > AIANDAS wrote: > > Hi, > > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for > > errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error > > and to run CHKDSK /f > > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: > > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also > > encountered this error. > > Help! > > Thanks in advance. > > >
Guest AIANDAS Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: chkdsk error OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the error as well in addition to the defragger as well. I still get this error, should I be concerned? "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the > error, or additional details? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://grystmill.com > > "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-E96184A2C219@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for > > errors > > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run > > CHKDSK /f > > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: > > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also > > encountered > > this error. > > Help! > > Thanks in advance. > > >
Guest Gerry Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: chkdsk error What is the exact wording of the error? Are you using a third party defragmenter. What is your anti-virus programme? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AIANDAS wrote: > Yes after I have rebooted I still get that there is an error on my > disk. I forgot to mention I am running XP SP3 here. > > > "Gerry" wrote: > >> What error? Did you restart your computer to allow chkdsk to run? >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> AIANDAS wrote: >>> Hi, >>> So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for >>> errors on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error >>> and to run CHKDSK /f >>> I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: >>> I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also >>> encountered this error. >>> Help! >>> Thanks in advance.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: chkdsk error Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You didn't answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me, instead, and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can muster. One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds more like it just runs CHKDSK in the background. Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3 installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-2F110E018D4E@microsoft.com... > OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the > error > as well in addition to the defragger as well. > I still get this error, should I be concerned? > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the >> error, or additional details? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://grystmill.com >> >> "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-E96184A2C219@microsoft.com... >> > Hi, >> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for >> > errors >> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run >> > CHKDSK /f >> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: >> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also >> > encountered >> > this error. >> > Help! >> > Thanks in advance. >> >> >>
Guest AIANDAS Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: chkdsk error Defragger is O&O Pro version 10. I hadn't checked the CHKDSK with SP2 in my collective memory. I did this check since I noticed O&O offered that as a choice and this is how I came to find out that I am getting thse errors. Still should I be concerned? "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You didn't > answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me, instead, > and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer > the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can muster. > > One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your > defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds more > like it just runs CHKDSK in the background. > > Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more > questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3 > installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://grystmill.com > > "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-2F110E018D4E@microsoft.com... > > OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the > > error > > as well in addition to the defragger as well. > > I still get this error, should I be concerned? > > > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > > > >> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for the > >> error, or additional details? > >> > >> -- > >> Gary S. Terhune > >> MS-MVP Shell/User > >> http://grystmill.com > >> > >> "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-E96184A2C219@microsoft.com... > >> > Hi, > >> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for > >> > errors > >> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to run > >> > CHKDSK /f > >> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: > >> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also > >> > encountered > >> > this error. > >> > Help! > >> > Thanks in advance. > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: chkdsk error Reason I hesitated to answer your question is because parts of what you describe made no sense, so I had to read up. That's also why I wanted more details. When you run CHKDSK /f on a partition with open files (drive cannot be locked), it should refuse to run and prompt you to have it to run after a restart. This should ALWAYS occur on the system partition. However, there is this blurb in Help: "If you run chkdsk without the /f command-line option on an active partition, it might report spurious errors because it cannot lock the drive." ....which is what I think you're getting. What you describe doesn't really match those words, but it's too close a coincidence to ignore. Perhaps, somehow, CHKDSK is *always* putting up spurious error notices when what it should be doing is prompting you to run CHKDSK on restart due to the partition not being lockable. I won't speculate on *how* this might have occurred (though that defrag program does come to mind), just that it sounds like what like is happening to your system. So, tentatively, I'd say the error notices you're getting are spurious. But you still haven't given me the error notice(s) verbatim -- EXACTLY what do they say? Is the error message EXACTLY the same whether prompted by O&O Defrag or by CHKDSK? When you do run CHKDSK /f on C:\, it *does* prompt you to let it run after a restart, does it not? Also, since you mention other partitions, are you multi-booting other OSes or are they all (except C:\) simple data storage partitions? In particular, what's on that "other partition" that you mention having the same problem. Two things I'd try: Frist, I'd uninstall O&O and then try CHKDSK C: and see if it still reports errors. After testing, reinstall O&O and then check for updates at the app's site. Then run its defrag. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E759E4EA-A2A6-4BC0-9643-03240CE37184@microsoft.com... > Defragger is O&O Pro version 10. I hadn't checked the CHKDSK with SP2 in > my > collective memory. > I did this check since I noticed O&O offered that as a choice and this is > how I came to find out that I am getting thse errors. > Still should I be concerned? > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> Unless you're willing to answer our questions, we can't help you. You >> didn't >> answer any of my previous questions. You tried to second-guess me, >> instead, >> and that's not how this works. We ask diagnostic questions and you answer >> the questions as precisely as you can, with all the detail you can >> muster. >> >> One thing I'm willing to guess from what you've provided thus far: Your >> defrag application probably doesn't do its own disk checking, it sounds >> more >> like it just runs CHKDSK in the background. >> >> Now, about those questions... Got any answers? 'Cause I've got more >> questions: You mentioned elsewhere in the thread that you have SP3 >> installed. Did these errors only start occurring after installing SP3? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://grystmill.com >> >> "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:D989E547-130F-4E5B-80D1-2F110E018D4E@microsoft.com... >> > OK I used CHKDSK in MSDOS or Command Prompt and that also gave me the >> > error >> > as well in addition to the defragger as well. >> > I still get this error, should I be concerned? >> > >> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: >> > >> >> So, what is "this particular" defrag called? Was there any name for >> >> the >> >> error, or additional details? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Gary S. Terhune >> >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> >> http://grystmill.com >> >> >> >> "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:7DD29C96-0DB6-41B5-8535-E96184A2C219@microsoft.com... >> >> > Hi, >> >> > So I am running my defrag and this particular one can also check for >> >> > errors >> >> > on my disk. When I run it, it tells me it has found an error and to >> >> > run >> >> > CHKDSK /f >> >> > I do this and still no change. This error was found in C: >> >> > I have 2 HDD and in my second HDD one of the parittions has also >> >> > encountered >> >> > this error. >> >> > Help! >> >> > Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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