[Gill]

I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try now, I get
the following message:
Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
; (C:). Please run chkdsk / f

Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?

[Unrepper]

there must have been errors detected on your hard disk chkdsk /f is used to
fix them.
--
Don Kendrick



"Gill" wrote:

> I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try now, I get
> the following message:
> Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume
> ; (C:). Please run chkdsk / f
>
> Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?

[MAP]

Gill wrote:
> I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try
> now, I get the following message:
> Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the
> volume ; (C:). Please run chkdsk / f
>
> Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?

Not tryimg to be a smart A$$ but why don't you run checkdisc?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/kbtip.mspx


--
Mike Pawlak

[Gill]

Thanks for the advice, but sorry, am a novice, please could you tell me how
to run chkdsk?

"MAP" wrote:

> Gill wrote:
> > I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try
> > now, I get the following message:
> > Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the
> > volume ; (C:). Please run chkdsk / f
> >
> > Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?
>
> Not tryimg to be a smart A$$ but why don't you run checkdisc?
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/kbtip.mspx
>
>
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Gill,

Click start/run, type cmd and click ok. Then run this from the prompt:

chkdsk c: /r

After this one, you will see the following:

"The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.

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)"

Enter "Y" to agree, then exit the cmd prompt and reboot the system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Gill" <Gill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4851BC25-1744-454A-BA75-F8C2BFE2778C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the advice, but sorry, am a novice, please could you tell me
> how
> to run chkdsk?
>
> "MAP" wrote:
>
>> Gill wrote:
>> > I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try
>> > now, I get the following message:
>> > Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the
>> > volume ; (C:). Please run chkdsk / f
>> >
>> > Please can anyone advise or guide me as to what to do?
>>
>> Not tryimg to be a smart A$$ but why don't you run checkdisc?
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/kbtip.mspx
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Pawlak
>>
>>
>>

[CWatters]

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:echpRXLhFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi Gill,
>
> Click start/run, type cmd and click ok. Then run this from the prompt:
>
> chkdsk c: /r
>
> After this one, you will see the following:
>
> "The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.
>
> 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)"
>
> Enter "Y" to agree, then exit the cmd prompt and reboot the system.
>

The OP said that chkdsk was "scheduled" - perhaps simply rebooting and
waiting for it to run would be enough?

[Colin Barnhorst]

yes.

"CWatters" <colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> wrote in message
news:OQXze.141258$1M6.7410722@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:echpRXLhFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Gill,
>>
>> Click start/run, type cmd and click ok. Then run this from the prompt:
>>
>> chkdsk c: /r
>>
>> After this one, you will see the following:
>>
>> "The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive.
>>
>> 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)"
>>
>> Enter "Y" to agree, then exit the cmd prompt and reboot the system.
>>
>
> The OP said that chkdsk was "scheduled" - perhaps simply rebooting and
> waiting for it to run would be enough?
>
>