Problem analysing parition

[ITlover]

I am using winxp with sp2, HDD 40 GB, 128 MB RAM and 1 GHz Processor.

I was just checking my hard disk partitions, i went into computer managment----->disk defragmenter----> clicked on the partition and then clicked on analyse but it doesnot analyse the partition and gives the error messege:

The partition is corrupt , use chkdsk /partition letter to check the partition.


I went into cmd ,opend command prompt and then typed chkdsk / f:(partition i was analyising) but it said that the partition is active and cannot check it ,so i set schedule to check the partition and it works when you restart the computer, i restarted my computer and during scanning, it scanned the overall hard drive but i couldnot understand whether it scanned the partition i was analyising or not?

Why am i geting this error messege?

Regards,

[Ray_S]

What you typed in will cause chkdsk to fix any errors on the drive. If you want it to check a set drive the command is "f: chkdsk /f" that checks the individual drive and fixes any errors.

Hope that helps

Ray

[TwoRails]

Your boot drive, typically c:, will only CHKDSK with the /f switch on a reboot. You can force other drives to do it from the command prompt. Let's say you wanted to check drive 'g:' your syntax will be:

CHKDSK g: /f /x

[ITlover]

Your boot drive, typically c:, will only CHKDSK with the /f switch on a reboot. You can force other drives to do it from the command prompt. Let's say you wanted to check drive 'g:' your syntax will be:

CHKDSK g: /f /x


Hello,

so you mean to say that inorder to scan a drive with chkdsk , i have to be in that drive?

Regards,

[TwoRails]

No, you don't. Substitute the drive letter that you want to CHKDSK with the 'g:' in my example above. I picked 'g:' as an arbitrary letter.

The '/f' switch forces a fix, and the '/x' switch forces a dismount.

[ITlover]

TwoRails,

I meant to say that if i want to check a drive e.g. D drive.

then in command prompt, i have to type D: and then press enter, and then after entering D: i have to type chkdsk /f, it will be :

D:/>chkdsk /f

[TwoRails]

Negative. You can check any drive from any location. So in this case forget about the 'D:' in your "D:/>chkdsk /f" example and let's just concentrate on the actual command.

So if you want to check 'D:' then the syntax will be:

CHKDSK D: /f /x

Want to check your 'E' drive? Then it would be:

CHKDSK E: /f /x

HTH :)

[ITlover]

Negative. You can check any drive from any location. So in this case forget about the 'D:' in your "D:/>chkdsk /f" example and let's just concentrate on the actual command.

So if you want to check 'D:' then the syntax will be:

CHKDSK D: /f /x

Want to check your 'E' drive? Then it would be:

CHKDSK E: /f /x

HTH :)

thanks for your explanation, but i used the command by going into D:/>chkdsk /f and it asked me that it has to remove the handles because the process for this drive is running, so i chosed to remove the handles and then it started to scan the partition.

Anyway, the partition is fine now and i have analysed it by going into disk defragmenter in computer managment.

I'll try the commands that you have written.

Thanks once again.

[ITlover]

Some questions about this command---> chkdsk E: /f /x

Should there be space between chkdsk and E ?
Should there be space between E: and /f ?
Should there be space between /f and /x?

hope my questions are clear

[TwoRails]

It is just as written, so the answer is:

Yes
Yes
Yes