Have you used an alternative utility provided by a third party like
Norton? These can locking the drive preventing access.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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wanting wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I cannot run my chkdisk. on restart i am told that windows cannot open
> volume for direct access.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks