I have already tried disabling my antivirus progam before setting up the
scan, and it made no difference - the scan would not run. Besides, when
chkdsk was working, it ran without regard to whether the antivirus program
was running.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you have any boot time antivirus scanners running?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Conley" <Conley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AEBC244A-238C-4B42-B373-47006FFAD833@microsoft.com...
> > The error message comes up AFTER the scan has been requested and
> > scheduled
> > and the computer has been rebooted so that the scan can run.
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "Conley" <Conley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:51C84671-6DAC-4D37-9595-DC559753ECEE@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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?
> >>
> >>
>
>