chkdsk problems

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I'm having troubles running chkdsk. If I do it in windows it says that it
needs exclusive access and do I want to run it on re-boot. On reboot it says
cannot open volume for direct access.

I've tried doing chkdsk /f and chkdsk /c from cmd and it lists loads of
faults but can't fix them because it's in read-only mode.

I've read similar problems and it mentions zone alarm. I used to run zone
alarm but I'm now on Norton.

Any ideas?

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Thanks for the reply but I'm already running service pack two. As far as I
know it's running okay.

My c drive is NTFS if that makes any difference

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> ""Cannot Open Volume for Direct Access" Error Message When Chkdsk Runs at
> Startup"
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;823439
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> Ted Zieglar
>
>
> "Lobster" <Lobster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:141F4702-ACCD-42ED-B3D4-D9F99AAEB32B@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having troubles running chkdsk. If I do it in windows it says that it
> > needs exclusive access and do I want to run it on re-boot. On reboot it
> says
> > cannot open volume for direct access.
> >
> > I've tried doing chkdsk /f and chkdsk /c from cmd and it lists loads of
> > faults but can't fix them because it's in read-only mode.
> >
> > I've read similar problems and it mentions zone alarm. I used to run zone
> > alarm but I'm now on Norton.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>
>