i cant scandisk and defrag my computer

[johnq86]

it says that my hardrive has been locked by a disk utility.whats wrong and how can i fix it?thanks so muchg and im working on my thread titles.

[peat moss]

Hey buddie great title ! :) Has something took charge ,? Like Windoctor or System Mechanic ? Have you tryed a chdsk ?


Edit: I not going to say another word . I want to see all the heroes come on here ,and respect your thread title. Hopefuly fix your problem . :)

[Vargas]

i think it's spelled chkdsk

[peat moss]

i think it's spelled chkdsk


Ya your right sorry , but if your going to get technical ..... heres a link:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx

Made me think to try safe mode, or try the command prompt and force a chkdsk .

[RPerry]

If your using Windows98, definately boot to safe mode :cool:

[Chewie]

Have you tried again after rebooting?

Nice informative thread title, BTW. :)

edit: actually, chkdsk doesn't run on the system drive in Windows so it needs to run on the next boot. Could this be the problem?

[tesco]

Does your computer say that it needs to check your discs for ocnsistency every time you boot up?

[johnq86]

no it doesnt,and i tried to do it in safe mode and it still says my drive is locked.what can i do now?n i dotn have a virus i scanned it wit about 10 diffrent avs

[peat moss]

John,your using Windows ME right ? Found some info here in Fredg 's post.


http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7949


He mention's win98se but says it works for Me aswell. :)

[fkdup74]

this is a constant problem i see on ALL PCs that people have brought me with Win ME installed
my advice to them all: dump ME, period. upgrade to at least Win 2K, hopefully XP
the M$ help links are pish,
because none of the PCs have had Norton Speeddisk,
which seems to be the only thing M$ can attribute this problem to :dry:
my guess is it really comes down to 9x/ME's poor handling of system resources ;)
(problems of which 2K/XP do not suffer)
this wont be the last time you encounter this problem john,
and i know you have posted in the past that you are unable to upgrade ATM,
but in all honesty, the sooner the better

[johnq86]

can someone please help me i still cant do defrag or scandisk.ive tried everything and my damn recovery cd doent work.is there a way i can geta recovery cd of the web?please i would really appreciate the help

[peat moss]

I don't know, but you could d/l win xp pro and burn to disk . Or win me for that matter. With out your recovery disk your stuck. Does your hd have a recovery partion ? You know like hold down a key at start up to go to recovery? Have you tryed your floppy boot disk and ran scandisk from A: drive?



http://www.bootdisk.com./

[fkdup74]

can someone please help me i still cant do defrag or scandisk.ive tried everything and my damn recovery cd doent work.is there a way i can geta recovery cd of the web?please i would really appreciate the help

ME i do believe needs a boot floppy :unsure:
go to peat's link, they have it there :)
because if you are planning to dl another OS ISO,
i will say again...2K or XP
it really is not worth your time to dl ME

but with the above mentioned boot floppy,
you should be able to work something out,
a defrag/disk check in DOS perhaps

[johnq86]

i went to the link but it has two diffrent things to download for win me please help me which one do i click on?thanx for all the help so far.

[tesco]

I think it's this disk you want: http://www.infotechcommunity.com/bootdisks/bootme.exe (windows me OEM bootdisc).

[johnq86]

When in control panel \add/remove programs the windows setup tab gives this error when selected: First a box comes up Rundll32 it has 2 buttons close&ignore.Ignore does nothing Close brings up another box it says Rundll32 has caused an error in Setupx.dll rundll32 will now close.do u think this is one of the problems conflicting witht eh defrag,beacuse this never happened before either.please any help im getting scared my computer is goin to be messed up forever.

[erRor67]

Windows ME sucks. I would recommend 2000 instead or even go down to 98. ME is just a really bad OS

[johnq86]

i know i should upgrade but i cant get my hands on xp so is there any way i can fix this problem please help i really appreciate it.

[Virtualbody1234]

What do you mean "you cant get your hands on xp"? You have been a member of this forum for almost 2 years now.

Can you even run XP? What are the specs of your PC. Perhaps Win2000 is a better choice.

As for DEFRAG and SCANDISK... They are both available in DOS from a bootable floppy diskette and can run as a command from the DOS prompt.

[johnq86]

how would i be able to run that on dos?

[tesco]

how would i be able to run that on dos?
type 'scandisk c:/' i think.
maybe just 'scandisk' though,
when booting from the bootdisk i linked you to.

[Virtualbody1234]

how would i be able to run that on dos?
Why didn't you answer my 2 questions?

[RPerry]

Why didn't you answer my 2 questions?

He probably already forgot the questions...


1. Why can't you get a copy of XP ?
2. What are the specs of your pc ?

[peat moss]

I think he 's just trying to learn, but with out a recovery disk or win me disk he's probably worried ? I mean I have the patience of a saint ,so helping rookies doesn't bother me. But when I was learning I had everthing at my disposal . :)

@VB , you are right tho . I almost thought , yikes if he lived in Canada I would mail him a copy of XP w/SP2 . :)

[johnq86]

im sorry but how do i found out my computer's spec's?