"Mike MIlano" wrote:
| When I have scheduled a CHKSD a reboot, the machine is unable to complete
it
| and I get the foolowing error message:
| "Cannot open volume for direct access"
| Any ideas anybody?

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> 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. At
> the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or 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: drive
> root, %systemroot% or %windir%
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Mike MIlano" wrote:
> | When I have scheduled a CHKSD a reboot, the machine is unable to complete
> it
> | and I get the foolowing error message:
> | "Cannot open volume for direct access"
> | Any ideas anybody?
>
>
>

"Mike MIlano" wrote:
|I have disabled some of the services that were set to start automatically
and
| I was able to run a checkdisk within windows but it would not run it at
| reboot for some strange reasons. Thanks anyway.
| Why can't I create a setup floppy frommy own machine and instead have to
use
| another? My original WIN"K CD is damaged and I cannot use it.