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i have windows xp pro sp1

i have not installed anything new except a 2nd hdd

i did a check disk for errors - i rebooted the computer
and it checked my c: for errors - it then said it was all finished and
it just sits at that screen

so i had to hit the power button to power down the computer

now when i try to boot my computer - it tries to run a scandisk - if i
let the scandisk run - it says it is finished and just sits there - or
if i press i key and tell it NOT to run the scandisk - it does the
EXACT same thing

what can i do ?

Tr0y
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after tons of looking and trying

this is what worked

chkntfs.exe /d

the errors i was getting were:
"windows has finished checking the disk"
"cannot open volume for direct access"

i now have neither of these errors

woohoo !!!


christlives@email.com (Tr0y Quigl3y) wrote in message news:<9a7071d9.0307230555.49e0a193@posting.google.com>...

i have windows xp pro sp1

i have not installed anything new except a 2nd hdd

i did a check disk for errors - i rebooted the computer
and it checked my c: for errors - it then said it was all finished and
it just sits at that screen

so i had to hit the power button to power down the computer

now when i try to boot my computer - it tries to run a scandisk - if i
let the scandisk run - it says it is finished and just sits there - or
if i press i key and tell it NOT to run the scandisk - it does the
EXACT same thing

what can i do ?

Tr0y

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"Tr0y Quigl3y" typed:

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now when i try to boot my computer - it tries to run a scandisk - if i
let the scandisk run - it says it is finished and just sits there - or
if i press i key and tell it NOT to run the scandisk - it does the
EXACT same thing

You could enter into DOS by pressing the appropriate _function_ key---
on my system it is _F1_---before Windows starts to boot. After
selecting the _command prompt only_ option, and having been stranded
on the _C:\_ prompt, run the scandisk command. It would check for
errors, and if there are any, it would prompt to rectify them. Exit
the _scandisk_ programme exactly when it asks for a _Thorough Surface
Scan_, and then reboot the system. The OS should boot properly,
without the _scandisk_ interfering.

--
Ayaz Ahmed Khan

Yours Forever in,
Cyberspace.
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If there is a serious disk error (eg some sectors which are bad havent
been marked that way OR they are now bad and the OS doesnt know) -
scandisk will not be able to fix it under windows. Scandisk must be run _outside_ windows. Not a dos box - but native dos before windows boots. Scandisk will then fix/mark etc the bad sectors - if thats what it is
and then windows and scandisk should run normally
:-/

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