Prob. getting CHKDSK to run automatically from task schedu..

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If you are running chkdsk with the /f command ( fix ) it cannot run until
you reboot because the /f command uses files that are in use while Windows
in running, therefore you need to reboot in order for that to run all 5
stages of the chkdsk.
In fact, I'm not sure you can schedule it to run without a reboot.

"shygirl" <shygirl_1963@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126270660.187750.327420@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi-
> I'm new here so just want to say "hi" first.....i'm also new to windows
> xp and i hope you won't hold that against me.:-) i just got my new
> system about 3 months ago and i'm still acclimating myself to
> everything including xp....a lot to learn!
>
> Anyway, i also wanted to ask you all a question i have about something
> i've been trying to set-up on my new system. I want to set CHKDSK and
> DEFRAG to run automatically each month on it.... to achieve that i used
> a suggestion from Lincoln Spector in his PCWorld article, "let windows
> handle pc maintenance for you...." from may 25, 2005. But,
> unfortunately CHKDSK won't run from this set-up, although DEFRAG
> will(!) With CHKDSK i keep getting the message, "could not start"
> under "status" in the CHKDSK entry in task scheduler. When i try to
> run CHKDSK outside of task scheduler, right after it's failed attempt,
> i get another error message of sorts, the exact wording i cannot
> provide, but basically it says that CHKDSK cannot start because some of
> windows resources are being used and all resources are needed to run
> this program. If i re-boot at this point, then CHKDSK will run. But
> this whole business is odd....cause when i run CHKDSK i'm not using
> anything except what runs on start-up of the computer, plus i spoke
> with lincoln spector about this and he says his technique works fine
> for him and his colleagues at pcworld. So, what do you all think the
> problem could be? thanks.
>
> shygirl
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi Ivee-
I used CHKDSK with the /r option in task scheduler and i have been able
to get CHKDSK to do a "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors"
without rebooting my system (that has 4 or 5 stages to it - i do that
with the CHKDSK option in the "local disk properities" dialog box that
you get when youi right click on the c: drive).

shygirl