Chkdsk does not work

Each time I run chkdsk and have it start automatically
with windows, I receive the error message "Cannot open
volume for direct access." Chkdsk terminates and I am
taken back to windows. I have lost clusters and other
errors on my disk I need to correct and cannot. Recovery
console does not help as the /f parameter is not
supported there. According to Microsoft article #823439,
they are aware of this problem in Windows XP, but as of
8/03, they have not done anything about it. Any
suggestions?

Thanks

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

From the Recovery Console, use chkdsk <volume> /r, not /f.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
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> wrote in message
...
> Each time I run chkdsk and have it start automatically
> with windows, I receive the error message "Cannot open
> volume for direct access." Chkdsk terminates and I am
> taken back to windows. I have lost clusters and other
> errors on my disk I need to correct and cannot. Recovery
> console does not help as the /f parameter is not
> supported there. According to Microsoft article #823439,
> they are aware of this problem in Windows XP, but as of
> 8/03, they have not done anything about it. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>