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From: Jim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/30/04


Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:53:05 -0700


   Hi Jerry,

  I am having the same problem as you with CHKDSK. When I
reboot I get that same error. If you find a solution to
the problem can you please e-mail me at
jimhuber27@comcast.net.

  I did try Fix-it Utilities to do the check disk, but
when it was done it told me I have errors and need to use
the Microsoft CHKDSK. That was a big help!

Thanks,
Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>I discovered I have a bad sector on my hard drive
>(Acronis True Image couln't create an image) and ran
>CHKDSK to fix it. However, on Startup, I get the error
>that it "cannot open the volume for direct access."
>
>According to a MS KnowledgeBase article in 8/03, this is
>a known problem that MS is researching, but there was no
>follow up.
>
>Does anyone know what causes this and what to do? Or is
>there another utility that will fix bad sectors on the
>hard drive?
>.
>



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