Vista Tutorial - Chkdsk in VISTA

I cannot run error checks in the gui (has to lock drive msg)
It schedules but does not run at startup (doesn't even attempt).

Cannot defrag (as chkdsk is scheduled).
fsutil shows 'dirty disk' but I cannot do anything to resolve this.

This is Vista,.. not xp sp whatever.

Same issues after installing diskeeper... same msgs from both dk and native
tools.

Help!

w miranda

Hi w miranda,

Try running it through the command prompt for a schedule. Here is a link for details on how to do it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...isk.html?ltr=C

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Try running chkdsk booting from a Vista installation DVD, by using the
"Repair your computer" Command Prompt option. Type "chkdsk /?" (without
quotes) for the available parameters. See:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial147.html

"wmiranda" <wmiranda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5E859C61-3CF7-4B1F-AC53-70F664AB4A55@microsoft.com...
>I cannot run error checks in the gui (has to lock drive msg)
> It schedules but does not run at startup (doesn't even attempt).
>
> Cannot defrag (as chkdsk is scheduled).
> fsutil shows 'dirty disk' but I cannot do anything to resolve this.
>
> This is Vista,.. not xp sp whatever.
>
> Same issues after installing diskeeper... same msgs from both dk and
> native
> tools.
>
> Help!
>
> w miranda

On Jul 9, 5:44 pm, wmiranda <wmira...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I cannot run error checks in the gui (has to lock drive msg)
> It schedules but does not run at startup (doesn't even attempt).
>
> Cannot defrag (as chkdsk is scheduled).
> fsutil shows 'dirty disk' but I cannot do anything to resolve this.
>
> This is Vista,.. not xp sp whatever.
>
> Same issues after installingdiskeeper... same msgs from both dk and native
> tools.
>
> Help!
>
> w miranda

Hello,

To clear the Volume Status "dirty bit" you must successfully run the
Microsoft CHKDSK utility with either a /F or /R parameter. This
requires exclusive access to the volume. The fact that it fails to run
and tells you that it cannot lock or get an exclusive handle to the
volume indicates that you have another utility which is starting up
prior to the launching of and commands in the BOOTEXECUTE registry
key.

Microsoft has a free nify tool call AUTORUNS to help you identify what
is getting started up on your system and in what sequence.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx

Use this to identify the source of who is accessing the disk that
prevents CHKDSK from running.

Thanks,

Howard Butler
Diskeeper Corporation