Scandisk ! ! !

[ax3]

i have xp with sp2 ... cant start scandisk instantly ... ie if i wanna sdisk my hdd, it starts only @ after rebooting or after new boot ...



y cant i run scandisk instantly after clicking on run scandisk ???

[vijay_7287]

tht doesnt happen with all the partitions

ya it does happen with some , like the system partition and the one on which u have the page file, coz they are currently bein used

[__Virus__]

If you are trying to run scandisk (chkdsk) on drive C, u wont be able to as the disk will be in use and hence cannot be unlocked which is must if it is to be scanned. Other drives should be checked. If it gives error while trying to scan other drivers then use this command chkdsk /x /f

for more options type chkdsk /?

[yrana2002]

The scandisk cannot scan the partition containing the Windows system files or the operating system as they're being used by the computer at that point of time. This includes your batch files, dlls, *.sys files, etc.

[legolas]

yrana, yes but u can "force" them to dismount using the command virus said to do the scan forefully. even with C(windows) installed partition.

btw, its chkdsk in xp, i think tats wat u mean with scandisk?

/legolas

[vinaypatel]

u can't perform for partition on which ur OS is installed .

try it out on command prompt :chkdsk <drive letter> /F

[::cyborg::]

BCOZ IT HAS THE SYSTEM FILE AND THE SWAP FILE WHICH RESTRICTS THE SCANDISK U TRY ON ANY OTHER DRIVE THEN U WILL SE THAT SCANDISK IS RUNNING BUT NO ON YTHE DRIVE ON WICH XP IS INSTALLED