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Anonymous   06-10-2004 at 08:41:41 PM

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I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]

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Anonymous   06-11-2004 at 09:04:33 AM
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Richard Landis wrote:
> I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
> my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]

There is no scandisk in XP.

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steve   06-11-2004 at 09:04:34 AM
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Equiv. of "scandisk" in XP

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/scandisk.htm

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Unknown   06-11-2004 at 05:35:45 PM
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There is no scan disk in XP. There is a chkdsk. Right click your hard
drive--properties and run it there.
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> I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
> my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]

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