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Using Windows XP all with latest updates...I am experiencing no problems
with my hard disk.

When I run Windows XP check disk and defrag, it runs fine. I have also run
Norton's version of check disk and defrag, and they run fine also. I set
both or automatically repair any errors found.

However, I use Diskeeper, which handles defrag in background while windows
is running. When I run Diskeeper "Boot Time Deframentation", which runs a
check disk and then defrags those files that cannot be defraged while
windows is running, I immediatly get the following error message (i.e. the
error is so fast, that nothing has actually had time to run):

Boot time deframengation cannot run on a dirty volume. Please run Chkdsk
/F.
Failed to initialize Volume c: - Volume probably not mounted or is not NTFS
Exiting.

I get the same error message using Diskeeper Version 8.0 and Version 10.0.
I don't get the error on other computers running Diskeeper.

Diskeeper tech support says I need to reformat and reinstall, which I am not
willing to do. It doesn't make sense that XP and Norton products do not
find any problem.

What is a Dirty Volume, and what is the problem? Is there a way to resolve
this? Why don't the other programs (besides Diskeeper) detect any problem?

Thanks!

Bob Day.



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