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.
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.
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 .
Last edited by peat moss; 04-03-2005 at 05:15 AM.
i think it's spelled chkdsk
Originally Posted by Vargas
Ya your right sorry , but if your going to get technical ..... heres a link:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...us/chkdsk.mspx
Made me think to try safe mode, or try the command prompt and force a chkdsk .
Last edited by peat moss; 04-03-2005 at 05:38 AM.
If your using Windows98, definately boot to safe mode
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?
Last edited by Chewie; 04-03-2005 at 12:29 PM.
There isn't a bargepole long enough for me to work on [a Sony Viao] - clocker 2008
Does your computer say that it needs to check your discs for ocnsistency every time you boot up?
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
John,your using Windows ME right ? Found some info here in Fredg 's post.
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=7949
He mention's win98se but says it works for Me aswell.
Last edited by peat moss; 04-03-2005 at 09:04 PM.
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
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
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