error checking

How long does it normally take? And does it display any
message because I answered yes & now the computer just
sits there. I have a 120g hard drive. Just thought it
weird my husbands works but mine doesn't. He's got sp1
also.
Joni
-----Original Message-----
I don't know about a wrong setting, but I regularly run
the disk checking utility by just clicking yes in the
box
to schedule the operation the next time windows starts
and then restart the computer and wait for it to
finish.
david
-----Original Message-----
That's what I did & got the message I posted in my
original message. My husband is running xp on his
laptop
& he can run the error checking utility on his with
windows running so there must a setting wrong on my
computer but I don't know what.
Joni
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Scandisk actually isnt a vald xp utility,its for older
windows os.R.click the hd in my
computer,properties,tools
chk the box,fix file system errors,or in cmd,type:
CHKDSK C: /F Or /R for repair.Its hard to chk the
drive
when the system running is on the same drive,it cant
be
done,like checking a tire at 65mph.
-----Original Message-----
I want to "scandisk" my hard drive & see that it's
now
called error checking but when I try to do it. It
says
it
can't because "the disk check utility needs exclusive
access to some windows files on the disk. These files
can
only be accessed by restarting Windows." It then asks
if
I
want to schedule this disk check next time I start
the
computer. What gives... can't I do this with windows
running? And if so, what am I doing wrong? Thanks,
Joni
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