Author:
Soumitra Sengupta MVP
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SUMMARY
Whenever one wants to run chkdsk on a partition he or she can not run that command.
SYMPTOMS
When one wants to run the Chkdsk command on a partition,he or she gets the following error messages:-
Cannot lock volume for direct access
Cannot open volume for direct access
CAUSE
Such locking of the drive partition may be due to third party virus checker or disk monitor tool.
RESOLUTION
1]Click Start, go to Run menu and type services.msc and click OK.
2]In the Services(Local) list scroll down to the respective service (i.e. virus checker or the disk monitor tool).
3]Right click on that particular service and select Properties.
4]Change the Startup type to disabled for any 3rd-party applications which might be causing the Chkdsk lock problem.
5]Click OK/Apply.
6]Reboot.
