Unable to run scandisk in Windows XP :(

[whitelion228]

Lately I have been recieveing errors on bootup whenever I choose to scan my harddrive that says that it is unable to have open direct disk access. Does anyone have any tips, fixes or suggestions? Thanks

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1. As you have found out, running scandisk with Windows fully booted can take a long time
2. I have run scandisk in Windows on the FAT32 partition to make sure there weren't any real filesystem problems and scandisk did not find anything
3. Running Scandisk in Windows uncovers nothing more remarkable than a few lost clusters
4. 7 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Jan 26, 2005i replaced my oem 6 gig harddrive to a 40 and eversince have not been able to run scandisk completely to the end, it promps that it can not finish
5. The disk has a great performance (the only difference is that it takes just a little more to re-start, because it tries to run scandisk, it fails, and
6. 7 posts - 4 authorswindows was unable to complete the disk check, Windows XP Support, Windows XP technical support questions
7. If you're unable to locate Windows Update, simply point your browser to http://windowsupdate

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[hungf4]

apparently the problem was fixed on its own

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1. Scandisk detected an invalid long filename entry on this drive but was unable to fix it
2. Just like you periodically get your oil changed in your car, you should run Scandisk and Defrag now and then, to keep everything running smoothly
3. I haven't used 98 for a while, but if memory serves me correct, isn't there an option to NOT run scandisk when windows attempts to start? Then
4. says "scandisk detected and invalid long filename entry on this drive but was unable to fix it - run scandisk for windows on c to do this
5. I have done the usual: scandisk in DOS first, then opened up in Windows