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Hello,
Does anyone know how to solve this error message? When a
computer starts with this error message: "check file
system on C: the type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot
open the volume for direct access."(windows 2000 Pro. SP4)
Thanks.

 

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If you get an error something to the effect "cannot open volume for direct
access" There is some system/boot start device that is reading/writing to
the drive before chkdsk can get a lock on the drive. Some anti-virus
applications do this.

You can also run
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer:
%systemroot% and %windir%


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Texan25" wrote:
| Hello,
| Does anyone know how to solve this error message? When a
| computer starts with this error message: "check file
| system on C: the type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot
| open the volume for direct access."(windows 2000 Pro. SP4)
| Thanks.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

I did follow your instruction to do the chkdsk /r and
chkdsk /p from the Recovery Console but the message is
still on when I restart the system. Anyway, thanks for
your help.
>-----Original Message-----
>If you get an error something to the effect "cannot open
volume for direct
>access" There is some system/boot start device that is
reading/writing to
>the drive before chkdsk can get a lock on the drive. Some
anti-virus
>applications do this.
>
>You can also run
>chkdsk /r
>from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f
and /p)
>
>To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from
the Windows 2000
>Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you
do not have Setup
>floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the
Windows 2000 Setup CD,
>use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the
Setup floppy disks.
>Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R
to repair a Windows
>2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery
Console. The
>Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator
password. If you do
>not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not
allow access to the
>computer. If an incorrect password is entered three
times, the Recovery
>Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the
registry is corrupted
>or missing or no valid installations are found, the
Recovery Console starts
>in the root of the startup volume without requiring a
password. You cannot
>access any folders, but you can carry out commands such
as chkdsk, fixboot,
>and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password
has been validated,
>you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited
access to the hard
>disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer:
>%systemroot% and %windir%
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"Texan25" wrote:
>| Hello,
>| Does anyone know how to solve this error message? When a
>| computer starts with this error message: "check file
>| system on C: the type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot
>| open the volume for direct access."(windows 2000 Pro.
SP4)
>| Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

This article may help.

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160963

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
|I did follow your instruction to do the chkdsk /r and
| chkdsk /p from the Recovery Console but the message is
| still on when I restart the system. Anyway, thanks for
| your help.

 

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Do you have ZoneAlarm 5 on your system? If you have the latest
version of 5 and still have the problem, then try uninstalling it and
then see if the problem goes away. There have been multiple reports
of this issue. People are, in some cases, back-revving to a 4.x
version until ZoneLabs fixes the issue.

Visit
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/support/zass/generalFAQs.jsp?lid=zassskulist_faq
to get info on how to get 4.5, though the FAQ does not reference this
particular issue.

Visit
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=win_za_msgs&message.id=5933,
for example.

Tom K
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