Re: What is locking the volume?

From: S.Heenan (sheenan_at_wahs.ac)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:37:40 GMT

Richard wrote:
> "Charlie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1671201c447e1$415e4f90$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I can not run chkdsk /f at startup.
>>
>> I get the message "cannot open the volume for direct
>> access".
>>
>> Something must have the volume locked which is preventing
>> chkdsk from running.
>>
>> How do I find out who that "something" is?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> If you have recently upgraded Zone Alarm to version 5 uninstall it
> and try again.

You Sir, are a genius. Thank you, Richard. Zone Alarm Pro 5.xx was the
culprit. How did you know ?

I had lost the ability to run chkdsk C: /f in just the past few days. Never
occured to me it might be ZAP5.xx

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