I am trying to defrag my laptop but I get the message:
“Disk Defragmenter has detected chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume (C:).
Please run Chkdsk /f”
When I go to the command prompt to run Chkdsk /f I get the message:
“Chkdsk connot run because the volume is in use by another system. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system is restarted (Y/N)”
Selecting yes and on a system restart I get the message:
“Cannot open volume for direct access”
I have tried running from safe mode, but the system won’t boot into safe mode, it stops while loading system drivers.
I have also tried running the defrag.exe but defrag.exe c: only nets me the original message that chkdsk is scheduled to run…
I am sure this is probably an insanely easy thing to get past, but I just don’t know what to do.
So I am stumped I have checked the task scheduler and there is no task scheduled to run chkdsk there, and my laptop which is horrendously slow and in definite need a of a good defrag won’t defrag.
I use McAfee for my firewall and virus protection, and I wonder if it is not trying to also run disk utilities, though I do not see any tasks scheduled there either.
I am using Windows XP media edition as my OS
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank