Hi,
Any volume in use cannot be dismounted, which is required for chkdsk to run
a full check. Normally, one is prompted for it to be completed on the next
reboot, does this not occur for you?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Conley" <Conley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The chkdsk utility will no longer run. Instead, I get this error message:
> "cannot open volume for direct access." I found some old KB articles
> indicating that this problem had come up under Windows XP and was going to
> be
> fixed by an upcoming service pack. Why am I getting this error message
> with
> Vista Ultimate?