Just after I turn on the laptop (before that turns on Vista) I get "cannot open volume for direct access.

Just after I turn on the laptop (before Windows Vista turns on) the following message appears "cannot open volume for direct access.  What this mean and how can it be solved?

Thank you

Eddie

Hi EddieLopezA,

·         Which version of Windows Vista is installed on your computer?

·         You have antivirus software on your computer?

This problem may occur if another utility or service, for example a virus check program or a program disk monitoring, locked the partition before you try to run the Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe utility.

I have some steps that may help you.

Method 1: I suggest you to turn off all third-party applications and check if you have a similar question.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. open the start search box, type services.msc and click OK.

2. in the Services (Local) list scroll the service concerned (for example auditor of virus or disk monitoring tool).

3. right click on the service and select Properties.

4. change the startup type to disabled for all applications 3rd - party that could be the cause of the blocking of Chkdsk problem.

5. click OK/apply.

6. restart the computer.

Method 2: If this does not help, try to change the registry value and restart the computer.

1. click on the start search box, type regedit.

2. in the Publisher of the registry under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following subkey:

\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session manager

3 change the Boot entry run of:

autocheck autochk * /r\DosDevice\C: (or other)

TO:

autocheck autochk *.

Note: Change the settings of the REGISTRY can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the REGISTRY settings configuration can be solved. Changes to these settings are at your own risk.  If you want to edit the registry to fix this I urge you to back up your registry before proceeding.

Links for:

Unable to run CHKDSK

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555484 (also applies to Vista)

Hope the helps of information.

Tags: Windows

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