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When I schedule a checkdisk after a reboot, I used to correct disk errors, now I get the message as above .
I have a NTFS disk and run windows professional SP2.

There are errors on the disk but the system runs fine. How come I cannot run checkdisk to correct the errors?
 
Strange, to the best of my knowledge this problem was fixed in Windows XP SP2. My suggestion would be that you schedule Chkdsk to run at startup and use the "/X" switch, which should dismount the drive and circumvent the problem somewhat.

Also, if you have ZoneAlarm Firewall installed then it's known to be a possible cause of said problem due to a Kernel conflict. I'm not sure if removing it will help though.

Oh and I found this:
http://www.mytechsupport.ca/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3503
 
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"MY ANSWER FOR XP Pro USERS............... : Start-Run-msconfig(type it!)-'Diagnostic Start Up-load basic devices & services only'. Run your 3rd party;(something like Norton Speed Disk .tm.) chdsk or Windows 'error checking' in....: Start-My Computer-Properties-Tools. Then....reboot and your prob's should be solved! Chkdsk WILL run (in my experience) using the wonderfull if sometimes enigmatic Windows XP Professional. " to no avail.

I use bitdefender internet security.

How do you, "schedule Chkdsk to run at startup and use the "/X" switch"?
 
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I think you use "chkntfs /x c:" (C: being the drive to dismount), however I'm not sure of the rest since I don't run this at startup myself.

Search for "chkdsk /x" under WinXP's built-in help and you'll find some useful information.
 
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