Guest StampinSteph Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the following message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume: (C:). Please run chkdsk /f. I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please advise me how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Re: Disk Defragmenter error message >When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the following >message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run on >the volume: (C:). Please run chkdsk /f. >I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it >worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please advise me >how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks You may just need to reboot for checkdsk to run and then you can defragment the drive. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest StampinSteph Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Re: Disk Defragmenter error message I tried your suggestion of rebooting for chkdsk to run and it did NOT help. What is chkdsk? Any other suggestions? StampinSteph "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the following > >message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run on > >the volume: (C:). Please run chkdsk /f. > >I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it > >worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please advise me > >how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks > > You may just need to reboot for checkdsk to run and then you can > defragment the drive. > > - Thee Chicago Wolf >
Guest Jim Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Re: Disk Defragmenter error message "StampinSteph" <StampinSteph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6AEFA944-107C-4345-9F5C-93AD0C1AB7A6@microsoft.com... >I tried your suggestion of rebooting for chkdsk to run and it did NOT help. > What is chkdsk? Any other suggestions? > > StampinSteph > > "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >> >When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the >> >following >> >message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run >> >on >> >the volume: (C:). Please run chkdsk /f. >> >I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it >> >worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please >> >advise me >> >how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks >> >> You may just need to reboot for checkdsk to run and then you can >> defragment the drive. >> >> - Thee Chicago Wolf >> Chkdsk scans an input drive for errors and optionally fixes them. If the drive happens to be the system drive, and if you select fixing errors, chkdsk must run before Windows is loaded. It needs full access to such a disk. Jim
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Disk Defragmenter error message "StampinSteph" <StampinSteph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6AEFA944-107C-4345-9F5C-93AD0C1AB7A6@microsoft.com... >I tried your suggestion of rebooting for chkdsk to run and it did NOT help. That would likely be because you hadn't scheduled it to run. I'll give you one method for that next. > What is chkdsk? Any other suggestions? The only thing you can do, and what you should do to clear this error, is to follow the direction and run chkdsk. It stands for Check Disk. Go to start, run, and type cmd, then press enter. A command prompt box will open. In that, type "chkdsk /f" and press enter. Note the space, and don't enter the quotes. Now, you should get a message that chkdsk can't get control of the drive and ask you if you'd like to schedule a check at next boot (Y/N). Answer with a Y. Chkdsk will end. Type the word "exit" to close the command prompt box. Now, reboot, and chkdsk will run before Windows actually loads. Let it run. When Windows restarts, you can run the defragmenter. HTH -pk > > StampinSteph > > "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >> >When I try to analyze or defragment my computer files I get the >> >following >> >message: Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run >> >on >> >the volume: (C:). Please run chkdsk /f. >> >I don't know what has caused this, because the last time I defraged it >> >worked fine, then this time I get this message. Can someone please >> >advise me >> >how to correct this error and tell me what has happened? Thanks >> >> You may just need to reboot for checkdsk to run and then you can >> defragment the drive. >> >> - Thee Chicago Wolf >>
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