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::cyborg::
::cyborg:: Original post #1
Jan 31, 2007 at 1:10 PM
hi brothers,

i really have a weird problem when i run the scandisk in windows it says that it cannot do the scandisk as the drive may in use.but when i schedule a boot tome scan it gives me a error that
"cannot open volume for direct access" and loads the windows


operating system :: windows xp with sp2

iam tring to scan drive c:\


plz help
wizrulz
wizrulz #2
Jan 31, 2007 at 3:17 PM
Set your PC BIOS to boot from CDROM, Boot from the CD
Select the first option R Repair/Recovery Console
Select your Windows partition by number (usually 1)
Login to XP with administrator password
Run CHKDSK /P from the command line