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Subject: Cannot unlock drive under Windows 2000 for chkdsk
Category: Computers
Asked by: skeedo-ga
List Price: $19.50

Posted: 14 Jan 2003 16:37 PST
Expires: 16 Jan 2003 00:02 PST
Question ID: 142741

Cannot figure out which program or service is locking my drive on Windows 2000. I used to be able to run chkdsk /f at DOS prompt but now it says the volume is in use by another process and I have to schedule to run chkdsk at startup. Running chkdsk at startup is not fixing a file allocation problem I am having with my drive. I need to unlock the disk so I am able to run disk utilities within windows. I am running Win2k w/ SP3, AMD XP 2100 512MB ram, 80GB IBM hard drive. Here is a list of my services: Name Status Startup Type Alerter Started Automatic Application Management Manual Automatic Updates Started Automatic AVSync Manager Started Automatic Background Intelligent Transfer Service Manual ClipBook Manual COM+ Event System Started Manual Computer Browser Started Automatic DHCP Client Started Automatic Diskeeper Manual Distributed Link Tracking Client Disabled Distributed Transaction Coordinator Disabled DNS Client Started Automatic Event Log Started Automatic Fax Service Manual HID Input Service Started Automatic Indexing Service Manual Internet Connection Sharing Manual IPSEC Policy Agent Started Automatic Logical Disk Manager Started Automatic Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service Manual McAfee Firewall Manual McShield Started Manual Messenger Started Automatic Net Logon Manual NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Manual Network Connections Started Automatic Network DDE Manual Network DDE DSDM Manual NT LM Security Support Provider Manual NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Manual Performance Logs and Alerts Manual Plug and Play Started Automatic Print Spooler Started Automatic Protected Storage Disabled QoS RSVP Manual Remote Access Auto Connection Manager Manual Remote Access Connection Manager Started Manual Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Started Automatic Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manual Remote Registry Service Started Automatic Removable Storage Started Automatic Routing and Remote Access Disabled RunAs Service Started Automatic Security Accounts Manager Started Automatic Server Started Automatic Smart Card Manual Smart Card Helper Manual System Event Notification Started Automatic Task Scheduler Started Automatic TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Started Automatic Telephony Started Manual Telnet Manual Uninterruptible Power Supply Manual Utility Manager Manual Windows Installer Manual Windows Management Instrumentation Started Automatic Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions Started Manual Windows Time Manual WMDM PMSP Service Started Automatic Workstation Started Automatic Let me know if you need anything else!
Request for Question Clarification by mrbuzz-ga on 14 Jan 2003 16:58 PST Hi skeedo-ga, That's rather odd. For me, EVERY time I try using /f or check the "Automatically fix errors" box, it always says something is using the harddrive. The only drives I can use /f on, is a drive without a pagefile (aka swap file) on it. So as far as I know, if your pagefile is on the drive you're trying to do the chkdsk /f on, it probably won't work. From the list of services, perhaps McAfee VirusShield could be locking the drive. If those two aren't it, then it could any number of applications. A lot of applications keep open files on the harddrive, especially C:. Let me know if disabling/stopping any of the above works. Good luck, mrbuzz-ga
Clarification of Question by skeedo-ga on 14 Jan 2003 17:07 PST Tried killing the virus shield, no luck. Well I guess the question is, how do I fix my hard drive if chkdsk won't do it? I'm afraid it's the hard disk error that is causing my games to crash because I've tried everything else.
Clarification of Question by skeedo-ga on 14 Jan 2003 17:47 PST I also believe whatever it is causing the disk locking is also causing Jedi Knight 2 and Medal of Honor to crash with an access violation error. Here is the Dr. Watson Log: Application exception occurred: App: (pid=1452) When: 1/14/2003 @ 20:32:16.937 Exception number: c0000005 (access violation) ----> System Information <---- Computer Name: SKEEDO User Name: Adam Pingitore Number of Processors: 1 Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 Windows 2000 Version: 5.0 Current Build: 2195 Service Pack: 3 Current Type: Uniprocessor Free Registered Organization: Skeedo.com Registered Owner: Adam ----> Task List <---- 0 Idle.exe 8 System.exe 168 SMSS.exe 192 CSRSS.exe 212 WINLOGON.exe 240 SERVICES.exe 252 LSASS.exe 424 svchost.exe 468 spoolsv.exe 496 Avsynmgr.exe 512 svchost.exe 528 hidserv.exe 572 regsvc.exe 588 mstask.exe 680 WinMgmt.exe 708 MsPMSPSv.exe 720 svchost.exe 788 VSStat.exe 812 vshwin32.exe 908 Avconsol.exe 924 explorer.exe 1012 Mcshield.exe 1196 Directcd.exe 1212 point32.exe 1220 type32.exe 1236 NVATray.exe 1264 CTHELPER.exe 1296 RULaunch.exe 1300 getright.exe 692 IEXPLORE.exe 756 msimn.exe 1124 IEXPLORE.exe 1644 eye.exe 1452 jk2mp.exe 940 DRWTSN32.exe 0 _Total.exe (00400000 - 01B58000) (77F80000 - 77FFB000) (10000000 - 100DF000) (77E80000 - 77F31000) (77570000 - 775A0000) (77E10000 - 77E6F000) (77F40000 - 77F79000) (77DB0000 - 77E0B000) (77D30000 - 77DA1000) (77A50000 - 77B45000) (75050000 - 75058000) (75030000 - 75043000) (78000000 - 78046000) (75020000 - 75028000) (681A0000 - 681A7000) (66740000 - 66747000) (61210000 - 6121F000) (02A50000 - 02A60000) (69510000 - 695D7000) (6FAC0000 - 6FADF000) (51000000 - 51044000) (728A0000 - 728A6000) (0AD80000 - 0B09E000) (51080000 - 510D4000) (77820000 - 77827000) (759B0000 - 759B6000) (77560000 - 77569000) (77400000 - 77408000) (77410000 - 77423000) (71710000 - 71794000) (61220000 - 61232000) (13160000 - 1317C000) (74FD0000 - 74FED000) (75010000 - 75017000) (782C0000 - 782CC000) (77980000 - 779A4000) (77340000 - 77353000) (77520000 - 77525000) (77320000 - 77337000) (75150000 - 75160000) (75170000 - 751BF000) (77BE0000 - 77BEF000) (751C0000 - 751C6000) (77950000 - 77978000) (779B0000 - 77A4B000) (773B0000 - 773DE000) (77380000 - 773A2000) (77830000 - 7783E000) (77880000 - 7790D000) (77C10000 - 77C6D000) (774E0000 - 77512000) (774C0000 - 774D1000) (77530000 - 77552000) (70BD0000 - 70C35000) (77360000 - 77379000) (777E0000 - 777E8000) (777F0000 - 777F5000) State Dump for Thread Id 0x5a4 eax=00000000 ebx=032e5650 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=007ff980 edi=0235ec54 eip=bcc437f1 esp=0235ec04 ebp=0235fc68 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00200246 function: <nosymbols> bcc437e7 ??? bcc437e8 ??? bcc437e9 ??? bcc437ea ??? bcc437eb ??? bcc437ec ??? bcc437ed ??? bcc437ee ??? bcc437ef ??? bcc437f0 ??? FAULT ->bcc437f1 ??? bcc437f2 ??? bcc437f3 ??? bcc437f4 ??? bcc437f5 ??? bcc437f6 ??? bcc437f7 ??? bcc437f8 ??? bcc437f9 ??? bcc437fa ??? bcc437fb ??? bcc437fc ??? ----> Stack Back Trace <---- FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name 0235EC00 0043F9C4 03837192 0043F9C4 03837AB0 0043F9C4 <nosymbols> 0235FC68 0043F036 00B139C8 0235EC54 00000000 00000000 !<nosymbols> 0235FE2C 004439E7 00000000 505C3A43 72676F72 46206D61 !<nosymbols> 0235FFC0 77EA847C 00000000 00000000 7FFDF000 C0000005 !<nosymbols> 0235FFF0 00000000 004DD552 00000000 000000C8 00000100 kernel32!ProcessIdToSessionId ----> Raw Stack Dump <---- 0235ec04 c4 f9 43 00 92 71 83 03 - c4 f9 43 00 b0 7a 83 03 ..C..q....C..z.. 0235ec14 c4 f9 43 00 68 68 8e 03 - c4 f9 43 00 f8 33 7e 03 ..C.hh....C..3~. 0235ec24 5b 13 44 00 77 4c 98 01 - c8 39 b1 00 68 fc 35 02 [.D.wL...9..h.5. 0235ec34 48 ec 35 02 00 00 00 00 - 03 00 00 00 54 ec 35 02 H.5.........T.5. 0235ec44 e0 31 7e 03 40 39 b1 00 - c8 39 b1 00 00 00 00 00 .1~.@9...9...... 0235ec54 68 ec 35 02 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 h.5............. 0235ec64 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 - 00 00 b4 c3 00 00 00 00 ................ 0235ec74 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 - 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0235ec84 00 00 a0 40 00 00 20 41 - 00 00 a0 3e 00 00 c0 3e ...@.. A...>...> 0235ec94 00 00 b0 3e 00 00 e0 3e - 05 00 00 00 00 00 a0 3e ...>...>.......> 0235eca4 55 66 40 00 00 00 00 00 - e7 56 47 00 14 00 00 00 Uf@......VG..... 0235ecb4 94 66 40 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .f@............. 0235ecc4 40 98 15 c5 f4 cc ad c4 - ce 71 bc c4 c0 e7 4a 45 @........q....JE 0235ecd4 c0 e7 23 45 c0 67 5e 45 - ce 71 bc c4 7f 30 a2 c4 ..#E.g^E.q...0.. 0235ece4 d5 8c 7e c4 d5 8c 12 c4 - 01 02 00 00 20 07 20 07 ..~......... . . 0235ecf4 00 07 20 07 20 07 20 07 - 48 31 52 15 f8 31 52 15 .. . . .H1R..1R. 0235ed04 78 01 a2 02 40 21 52 15 - 48 21 52 15 08 10 00 00 x...@!R.H!R..... 0235ed14 20 07 20 07 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 20 fe 35 02 . ......... .5. 0235ed24 95 2b f8 77 08 36 f8 77 - ff ff ff ff 74 ed 35 02 .+.w.6.w....t.5. 0235ed34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ State Dump for Thread Id 0x690 eax=77562bda ebx=00000002 ecx=00000045 edx=00000000 esi=77f837a7 edi=00000002 eip=77f837b2 esp=108dff24 ebp=108dff70 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246 function: NtWaitForMultipleObjects 77f837a7 b8e9000000 mov eax,0xe9 77f837ac 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:1138d4f7=???????? 77f837b0 cd2e int 2e 77f837b2 c21400 ret 0x14 ----> Stack Back Trace <---- FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name 108DFF70 77EA9C13 108DFF48 00000001 00000000 00000000 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects 108DFFB4 77E8B2D8 00000000 02362E00 7FFDEBF8 00000000 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects 108DFFEC 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 kernel32!lstrcmpiW State Dump for Thread Id 0x524 eax=510c0161 ebx=00000040 ecx=77f85448 edx=00000000 esi=77f837a7 edi=00000040 eip=77f837b2 esp=110dfdd8 ebp=110dfe24 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246 function: NtWaitForMultipleObjects 77f837a7 b8e9000000 mov eax,0xe9 77f837ac 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:11b8d3ab=???????? 77f837b0 cd2e int 2e 77f837b2 c21400 ret 0x14 ----> Stack Back Trace <---- FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name 110DFE24 77EA9C13 023672B8 00000001 00000000 00000000 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects 110DFF70 510BFE0E FFFFFFFF 0000003F 0FB75440 110DFF90 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects 110DFF94 510C067D 00000000 0FB753F4 00000308 110DFFEC !<nosymbols> 110DFFA8 510C019D 00000000 510C016A 77E8B2D8 0FB753F4 !<nosymbols> 110DFFEC 00000000 510C0161 0FB753F4 00000000 00000008 !<nosymbols> ----> Raw Stack Dump <---- 110dfdd8 00 9d ea 77 40 00 00 00 - b8 72 36 02 01 00 00 00 ...w@....r6..... 110dfde8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 ............@... 110dfdf8 01 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 - c8 2b 57 e2 c0 00 00 00 .........+W..... 110dfe08 38 34 20 ff 56 c5 00 00 - 10 20 20 82 00 07 00 00 84 .V.... ..... 110dfe18 ae cc 44 80 56 c5 00 00 - 10 20 20 82 70 ff 0d 11 ..D.V.... .p... 110dfe28 13 9c ea 77 b8 72 36 02 - 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...w.r6......... 110dfe38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 7d fb 0b 51 40 00 00 00 ........}..Q@... 110dfe48 70 fe 0d 11 00 00 00 00 - ff ff ff ff 06 01 0c 51 p..............Q 110dfe58 40 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff - 00 00 00 00 70 fe 0d 11 @...........p... 110dfe68 f4 53 b7 0f f4 53 b7 0f - 08 03 00 00 24 02 00 00 .S...S......$... 110dfe78 14 02 00 00 04 02 00 00 - 08 02 00 00 0c 02 00 00 ................ 110dfe88 2c 02 00 00 50 02 00 00 - 44 02 00 00 1c 02 00 00 ,...P...D....... 110dfe98 3c 02 00 00 40 02 00 00 - 28 02 00 00 38 02 00 00 <...@...(...8... 110dfea8 48 02 00 00 4c 02 00 00 - 20 02 00 00 18 02 00 00 H...L... ....... 110dfeb8 30 02 00 00 54 02 00 00 - 58 02 00 00 5c 02 00 00 0...T...X...\... 110dfec8 60 02 00 00 64 02 00 00 - 68 02 00 00 6c 02 00 00 `...d...h...l... 110dfed8 70 02 00 00 74 02 00 00 - 78 02 00 00 7c 02 00 00 p...t...x...\|... 110dfee8 80 02 00 00 84 02 00 00 - 88 02 00 00 8c 02 00 00 ................ 110dfef8 90 02 00 00 94 02 00 00 - 98 02 00 00 9c 02 00 00 ................ 110dff08 a0 02 00 00 a4 02 00 00 - a8 02 00 00 ac 02 00 00 ................ State Dump for Thread Id 0x64c eax=1b310000 ebx=00000001 ecx=00010101 edx=00000000 esi=77f837a7 edi=00000001 eip=77f837b2 esp=119dfde4 ebp=119dfe30 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246 function: NtWaitForMultipleObjects 77f837a7 b8e9000000 mov eax,0xe9 77f837ac 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:1248d3b7=00000000 77f837b0 cd2e int 2e 77f837b2 c21400 ret 0x14 ----> Stack Back Trace <---- FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name 119DFE30 77EA9C13 119DFE08 00000001 00000000 119DFE28 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects 119DFF7C 510A155A 000001F4 00000000 00000000 00000000 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects 119DFFA8 510C019D 00000200 510C016A 77E8B2D8 0FB71F74 !<nosymbols> 119DFFEC 00000000 510C0161 0FB71F74 00000000 000000C8 !<nosymbols> ----> Raw Stack Dump <---- 119dfde4 00 9d ea 77 01 00 00 00 - 08 fe 9d 11 01 00 00 00 ...w............ 119dfdf4 00 00 00 00 28 fe 9d 11 - 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ....(........... 119dfe04 01 00 00 00 24 03 00 00 - 48 bb 2b 82 98 44 47 80 ....$...H.+..DG. 119dfe14 23 41 01 00 48 fe 9d 11 - 00 00 00 00 e5 38 f8 77 #A..H........8.w 119dfe24 00 00 b7 0f c0 b4 b3 ff - ff ff ff ff 7c ff 9d 11 ............\|... 119dfe34 13 9c ea 77 08 fe 9d 11 - 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...w............ 119dfe44 28 fe 9d 11 00 00 00 00 - 7d fb 0b 51 01 00 00 00 (.......}..Q.... 119dfe54 7c fe 9d 11 00 00 00 00 - f4 01 00 00 06 01 0c 51 \|..............Q 119dfe64 01 00 00 00 f4 01 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 7c fe 9d 11 ............\|... 119dfe74 74 1f b7 0f 74 1f b7 0f - 24 03 00 00 ff ff ff ff t...t...$....... 119dfe84 c0 fe 9d 11 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 a4 fe 9d 11 ................ 119dfe94 bc fe 9d 11 01 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ................ 119dfea4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - cc fe 9d 11 e9 6f e9 77 .............o.w 119dfeb4 00 00 b7 0f 05 00 00 00 - 00 10 00 00 00 00 31 1b ..............1. 119dfec4 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 - 20 ff 9d 11 58 fe 9d 11 ........ ...X... 119dfed4 78 77 b7 0f dc ff 9d 11 - 95 2b f8 77 18 36 f8 77 xw.......+.w.6.w 119dfee4 ff ff ff ff 58 ff 9d 11 - 10 9c 09 51 00 00 b7 0f ....X......Q.... 119dfef4 00 00 00 00 78 77 b7 0f - 00 0a 0a 51 78 77 b7 0f ....xw.....Qxw.. 119dff04 23 84 ea 77 00 00 00 00 - 00 9d ea 77 01 00 00 00 #..w.......w.... 119dff14 30 ff 9d 11 01 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 50 ff 9d 11 0...........P... State Dump for Thread Id 0x6dc eax=75022b28 ebx=0237a448 ecx=7503d14b edx=00000000 esi=77f8318c edi=7503d022 eip=77f83197 esp=13d8fe90 ebp=13d8ffb4 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246 function: NtDelayExecution 77f8318c b832000000 mov eax,0x32 77f83191 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:1483d463=???????? 77f83195 cd2e int 2e 77f83197 c20800 ret 0x8 ----> Stack Back Trace <---- FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name 13D8FFB4 77E8B2D8 0237A448 7503D022 7503D1A9 0237A448 ntdll!NtDelayExecution 13D8FFEC 00000000 75022B28 0237A448 00000000 000000C8 kernel32!lstrcmpiW ----> Raw Stack Dump <---- 13d8fe90 83 2b 02 75 01 00 00 00 - a4 ff d8 13 a9 d1 03 75 .+.u...........u 13d8fea0 43 3a 5c 57 49 4e 4e 54 - 5c 53 79 73 74 65 6d 33 C:\WINNT\System3 13d8feb0 32 5c 57 53 32 48 45 4c - 50 2e 44 4c 4c 00 30 c0 2\WS2HELP.DLL.0. 13d8fec0 00 00 00 00 20 f1 df ff - 0f 06 00 00 08 97 de e3 .... ........... 13d8fed0 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 5b 02 ..............[. 13d8fee0 24 00 30 c0 00 70 fd 7f - c8 d4 44 80 00 f0 5a 02 $.0..p....D...Z. 13d8fef0 00 00 00 00 00 9c ee fe - 01 00 00 00 10 66 38 85 .............f8. 13d8ff00 20 15 35 85 60 f4 39 85 - b8 55 72 e3 1b 55 45 80 .5.`.9..Ur..UE. 13d8ff10 00 00 00 82 00 00 00 02 - 64 1c 59 b9 04 22 49 80 ........d.Y.."I. 13d8ff20 88 fd 0a 82 e0 82 cf fe - e0 a0 cf fe e0 82 cf fe ................ 13d8ff30 a0 dd d1 fe 00 00 00 00 - a0 dd d1 fe 30 df d1 fe ............0... 13d8ff40 64 1c 59 b9 f3 da 42 80 - a4 da 42 80 d4 1b 3a 80 d.Y...B...B...:. 13d8ff50 00 df d1 fe a0 dd d1 fe - 00 00 00 00 00 9c ee fe ................ 13d8ff60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 13d8ff70 74 12 43 80 30 df d1 fe - 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 t.C.0........... 13d8ff80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - a2 0d 43 80 00 00 00 00 ..........C..... 13d8ff90 00 00 00 00 db 0d 43 80 - e0 82 cf fe a0 dd d1 fe ......C......... 13d8ffa0 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 ................ 13d8ffb0 00 00 00 00 ec ff d8 13 - d8 b2 e8 77 48 a4 37 02 ...........wH.7. 13d8ffc0 22 d0 03 75 a9 d1 03 75 - 48 a4 37 02 00 a0 fd 7f "..u...uH.7..... 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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 14 Jan 2003 18:25 PST skeedo... I am also running Win2k w/ SP3, AMD MP 1666 512MB ram, 80GB HD. Isn't it a great combination! I've had the same experience as mrbuzz-ga, in that running CHKDSK from the command line on a drive with ANY file in use, I ALWAYS get the message that the disk is in use by another process. I'm not sure why running chkdsk upon startup wouldn't fix your file allocation table problem, providing you select 'automatically fix file system errors' when you use the dialog box in Windows Explorer, as follows: ------------------------------------------- 1. Open up My Computer or Windows Explorer 2. Right-click on the drive and select Properties 3. Select the Tools tab, under “Error-checking”, click on Check Now… 4. Check the box for any options you wish to run 5. Automatically fix the file system errors will run a CHKDSK /F on the volume 6. Scan for and attempt to recovery of bad sectors will run a CHKDSK /R on the volume Note: The /R switch in chkdsk implies /F. However, in the GUI, “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” does not imply “Automatically fix file system errors” be used. So just selecting “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” is not equivalent to a CHKDSK /F /R from the command line. Ideally both “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” and the “Automatically fix file system errors” checkbox should be both checked and used together if you want to run a CHKDSK /F /R. 7. Click Start http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shared/community/docs/Windows 2000 CHKDSK Management.doc ------------------------------------------- The other question I have is: How do you know that chkdsk is failing to fix a file allocation problem, and how do you know that you have such a problem? Let me know if running this from Explorer works for you. sublime1-ga
Clarification of Question by skeedo-ga on 15 Jan 2003 13:46 PST Ok that did get my hard drive problems fix but still not fixing my original problem of my disk being locked and causing my games to crash....
Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 15 Jan 2003 20:44 PST skeedo... I understood your clarified concern, stated here: "how do I fix my hard drive if chkdsk won't do it? I'm afraid it's the hard disk error that is causing my games to crash because I've tried everything else." ...to mean that you believed that if you could run chkdsk, or an alternative, this would fix the file allocation problem you were having with your hard drive. Chkdsk wouldn't run in Windows because the disk (volume) was in use ('locked', or 'mounted', by Windows itself). So I provided you a way to run chkdsk which worked around Windows (or beneath it), which presumably fixed your file allocation problem. The fact that a disk is 'locked' to chkdsk has no relation to it being 'locked' by a program which would cause your game to crash. I signed on to solve your chkdsk problem, which seems resolved. As far as your game crashing, that's a very different question, and I'm not confident I can resolve that, as well. I will, however suggest that the you would do well to examine the services you have started against the list on BlackViper's website. While the data is specific to Windows XP, Windows 2000 is the same except that Windows XP has additional services that doesn't. BlackViper has documented settings which are 'safe' for everyone, as well as settings which are designed for optimal performance for the serious gamer. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm You could try the 'safe' settings first, and if the game still crashes your computer, try the 'gaming' settings. If this works for you, let me know, and I'll post a formal answer. If it doesn't, you may have a hardware or driver problem which would best be addressed in a separate, dedicated question. sublime1-ga
Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 15 Jan 2003 20:46 PST Correction: "Windows XP has additional services that 2K doesn't."
Clarification of Question by skeedo-ga on 15 Jan 2003 22:44 PST I've found out the problem I am having is my CPU overheating. How do I get my money back for this question.

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Subject: Re: Cannot unlock drive under Windows 2000 for chkdsk
From: sublime1-ga on 15 Jan 2003 23:14 PST

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