Unable to Defrag

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Hi,

I have just been informed by email that my Daughter is unable to carry
out a defrag on her HP desktop pc using W98.
She is aware of shutting down progs etc and has successfuly carried out
this process in the past

The following message now appears, "C drive is a locked utility".

I would appreciate any comments on how to rectify this problem.

Thanks
--
Regards
Geordie.
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Is that the exact, verbatim error message? Because it returns zero hits
using Google. I would more expect that C drive has been locked *by* a
utility.

See if the first error message mentioned in the following article is
what your daughter is getting:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286810

Might also have your daughter refer to the articles linked in my
signature. Follow them religiously and use Scandisk, not any other disk
utility, to scan the HD--but DO NOT fix anything until she has referred
any errors found to an expert forum. In many situations, particularly
when the drive is going bad or there are configuration problems (like
the BIOS has the drive geometry wrong), Scandisk or any other similar
tool can make a bad situation worse real quick.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Geordie" <geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2bba89931f92d2989690@news.xtra.co.nz...
> Hi,
>
> I have just been informed by email that my Daughter is unable to carry
> out a defrag on her HP desktop pc using W98.
> She is aware of shutting down progs etc and has successfuly carried
> out
> this process in the past
>
> The following message now appears, "C drive is a locked utility".
>
> I would appreciate any comments on how to rectify this problem.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Regards
> Geordie.
> Remove the (PROP) to crash spam !

 

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Geordie wrote:
> I have just been informed by email that my Daughter is unable to carry
> out a defrag on her HP desktop pc using W98.
> She is aware of shutting down progs etc and has successfuly carried out
> this process in the past
>
> The following message now appears, "C drive is a locked utility".
>
> I would appreciate any comments on how to rectify this problem.

Probably "C drive is locked by a utility", but I don't think that
Windows 98 could ever produce that error, sound much more like 2000/XP
and not defragmenter but scandisk!

Are you SURE this is a Windows 98 computer and the error is produced by
the Defragmenter??

If yes, please provide details on what the hardware configuration is,
what motherboard is in the computer and what is the harddrive brand,
also what disk managment software are you using.


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At a DOS prompt, type:
UNLOCK C:
and press Enter.

Also, have a look here for related info:

"ScanDisk Cannot Check This Drive Now Because the Disk ... :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280450

"Windows Cannot Defragment This Drive now Because It Has Been Locked by a Disk
Utility" When Using Disk Defragmenter:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286810
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"Geordie" <geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2bba89931f92d2989690@news.xtra.co.nz...
> Hi,
>
> I have just been informed by email that my Daughter is unable to carry
> out a defrag on her HP desktop pc using W98.
> She is aware of shutting down progs etc and has successfuly carried out
> this process in the past
>
> The following message now appears, "C drive is a locked utility".
>
> I would appreciate any comments on how to rectify this problem.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Regards
> Geordie.
> Remove the (PROP) to crash spam !

 

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When you do get it sorted, dont use Win98's Defrag' utility.
Find somewhere that you can get ME's utility instead and
send it to her.
Tell her to rename Win98's defrag to Defragold then place
the new one in the same folder. (C:\windows)
Run it.

...Rex..


"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OJGwnA7eFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Is that the exact, verbatim error message? Because it returns zero hits
> using Google. I would more expect that C drive has been locked *by* a
> utility.
>
> See if the first error message mentioned in the following article is
> what your daughter is getting:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286810
>
> Might also have your daughter refer to the articles linked in my
> signature. Follow them religiously and use Scandisk, not any other disk
> utility, to scan the HD--but DO NOT fix anything until she has referred
> any errors found to an expert forum. In many situations, particularly
> when the drive is going bad or there are configuration problems (like
> the BIOS has the drive geometry wrong), Scandisk or any other similar
> tool can make a bad situation worse real quick.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Geordie" <geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d2bba89931f92d2989690@news.xtra.co.nz...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just been informed by email that my Daughter is unable to carry
> > out a defrag on her HP desktop pc using W98.
> > She is aware of shutting down progs etc and has successfuly carried
> > out
> > this process in the past
> >
> > The following message now appears, "C drive is a locked utility".
> >
> > I would appreciate any comments on how to rectify this problem.
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Regards
> > Geordie.
> > Remove the (PROP) to crash spam !
>

 

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In article <MPG.1d2bba89931f92d2989690@news.xtra.co.nz>,
geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com says...

Hi,

Thanks to all for your prompt replies which I very much appreciated.
I have passed on your good info to her and so far I have not had a
reply.
I'm hoping that no news is good news,fingers crossed.
It is definately a W98 system and she was using the standard W98 defrag
tool.
--
Regards
Geordie.
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Right on!

I'm crossing my fingers with you, but that's only because they're
already permanently bent that way from being crossed so much over the
last few days, weeks, months and years since I took up this hobby.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Geordie" <geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <MPG.1d2bba89931f92d2989690@news.xtra.co.nz>,
> geordie_airPROP@hotmail.com says...
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to all for your prompt replies which I very much appreciated.
> I have passed on your good info to her and so far I have not had a
> reply.
> I'm hoping that no news is good news,fingers crossed.
> It is definately a W98 system and she was using the standard W98
> defrag
> tool.
> --
> Regards
> Geordie.
> Remove the (PROP) to crash spam !