chkdsk in XP

[ShaggyDogg]

I am running windows xp and NTFS file system. How do I run CHKDSK on startup. I have typed chkdsk c:/f at the run prompt and it says

"The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)"

I then type 'Y' and reboot. CHKDSK does not run as it says it will. I have a 45 gig hard drive and only one partition. Any ideas?

 

[bacillus]

I normally right click on my hdd in my computer>properties>tools>error checking>check now.
check both boxes>start then you get the message about volume in use>ok then reboot.
not sure why your method didn't work though!

 

[ShaggyDogg]

We I tried what Bacillis said and rebooted the message I got was "cannot open volume for direct access" and it didn't work. Is there a way I can reboot and run from a dos prompt? what would the command line be? Any other ideas?

 

[bsobel]

Are you sure it didn't work, XP will normally not show the chkdsk screen (the boot graphics are up). Check your eventvwr to verify that it ran...
Bill

 

[bacillus]

I suppose you can boot up with the xp cd,choose the repair option & run chkdsk from there!

 

[ShaggyDogg]

Event viewer shows that it did not run

 

[ShaggyDogg]

How do I boot with the xp disk?

 

[bacillus]

Originally posted by: ShaggyDogg
How do I boot with the xp disk?

change the bios boot order to cd first then on reboot with the cd inserted it'll boot from the cd!