[access-uk] Re: Error message regarding drive C
- From: "Andy Collins" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:28:06 -0000
As you say, that was the reason, I was looking for a button to click! All is
working wonderfully again, and I can access those 2 folders now, so thanks
Steve for the instructions, and Christopher for pointing out my error -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:08 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Error message regarding drive C
| Here's the reason. Chkdsk is a command line tool, so you have to press y
| then enter in order for the question to be acknowledged. I'm sure Steve
| mentioned this in an earlier post?
| On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:04:31 -0000, "Andy Collins"
| <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
| > Hi Steve - I followed your instructions for running chkdsk, and got the
| > message:
| >
| > Can not lock current drive
| > chkdsk can not run because the volume is in use by another process would
| > you like to check the volume next time the system restarts [y/n]
| >
| > there seems no way to click on the Y, it appears there are no actual
| > buttons to click, just that [y/n]. Any more thoughts?
| > Thanks -
| > Andy
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: Steve Nutt
| > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:45 PM
| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Error message regarding drive C
| >
| >
| > Hi Andy,
| >
| > Try a check disk on Drive C:. Follow these steps:-
| >
| > 1. Go to the Run menu by pressing the Windows Key with R.
| >
| > 2. At the run box, type "chkdsk c: /f" without the quotes. Remember,
| > if you have punctuation turned off, that is a forward slash followed
by
| > F after chkdsk.
| >
| > 3. You should now be told that the type of the drive is NTFS, and
that
| > CHKDSK can't run because the drive is locked. It will ask if you want
| > to check the disk the next time you restart the computer, press Y then
| > Enter to accept this.
| >
| > 4. Finally, restart the computer in the normal way. It will take
| > longer to restart, because it will cause your Drive C to be checked
for
| > errors. Just wait for it to start, then see if you can access your
| > folder.
| >
| > I hope this helps.
| >
| > All the best
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| > Behalf Of Andy Collins
| > Sent: 15 November 2006 17:46
| > To: Access-Uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Subject: [access-uk] Error message regarding drive C
| >
| >
| > Hi all -
| >
| > I have a couple of folders of mp3 files on my hard drive [drive c],
but
| > when I hit enter on the folder name, I get an error message saying:
| >
| > The disc in drive C is not formatted, do you want to format it now,
and
| > a yes and no button, so far I hit the no button, as I don't believe I
| > want to format my hard drive. Everything else is working ok on my HD,
| > including other folders of mp3 files.
| >
| > It seems strange that the error message talks about the "disc in drive
| > C" as if it were a CD-ROM or something.
| >
| > Anybody any thoughts?
| >
| > Andy
| >
| >
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