Re: chkdsk and defrag

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The creator,

i ran chkdsk as instructed below from the 'cmd'..msg rec'd: chkdsk
discovered free space marked as allocated in teh volume bitmap, along with
windows found problem with file system...how do I correct these?

thank u for the help :-)
"thecreator" <thecreator@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi db,

How are you running chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r upon restart?

When a chkdsk is scheduled to run automatically and you interfer with
that process, the schedule is never changed.

Reboot the computer, when the chkdsk stops and tells you a chkdsk is
scheduled, allow it to run. Once it runs, the next reboot, should boot
into the operating system without stopping to run chkdsk.

To check to see if you need to run chkdsk before booting into the
operating system, do the following:
Start > Run > type in cmd and click OK > In the Window that opens, type in
only CHKDSK and hit Enter. Chkdsk can only in read-only mode within the
window, when you run in on the operating system partition. Close the
Window.

If you want to run it on a next boot, Open My Computer. Right-click on
the Drive you want to run Chkdsk on and click Properties. Once open, click
under Error-checking, Check Now. It opens a Windows. Check both options.
Now click Start then click Yes to schedule. Reboot when ready to run.


--
thecreator



"db" <lilac3@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hello

i have run chkdsk /f chkdsk /r, etc. upon restart and still when i try
to run the defrag, it continues to give me the msg that chkdsk /f is
scheduled to run on next restart...
also, i have run the fsutil query and my volume is 'dirty'...i think i
was hit with a trojan and this is contributing to the problems. does
anyone else have the chkdsk error and is there a win xp patch that i have
not found in my many many hours of websearching?

thank u for any suggestions





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