Scandisk will not run.

[Richard Landis]

I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]

[lvee]

read this link.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823439&Product=winxp

"Richard Landis" wrote:

> I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
> my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]
>

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Richard Landis wrote:
> I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
> my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]

There is no scandisk in XP.

[steve]

Equiv. of "scandisk" in XP

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/scandisk.htm

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[Unknown]

There is no scan disk in XP. There is a chkdsk. Right click your hard
drive--properties and run it there.
"Richard Landis" > wrote in message
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> I get an error message when I try to run scandisk on
> my "c" drive.[Cannot open volume for direct access]