Hi Lisa; Going there would have resulted with the same outcome. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Hayes To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt to Defrag Why not go in to your system tools and their is a disk defrag their. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:32 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt to Defrag > Mike, > > You need to designate the drive letter or it assumes you > mean the C Drive. the /f is a switch which will > automatically fix errors. It has nothing to do with the > drive. Here is what the syntax would be for my external > drive : > > chkdsk G: /f > > simply replace the letter G with the letter that corresponds > with your external drive. I'm heading to my parents to > shovel but I'll call you later if you still can't get it to > work > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Mike & > Barbara In Arcadia > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt > to Defrag > > > Hi Alan; > > This is what I typed into the run dialog box. > > chkdsk /f > > When I did this I got a message saying something about the > volume was being > used by another process and would I like to do this at the > next startup., > (Y/N). I couldn't click on either the Y or N, for yes or > no, and my wife > couldn't click on either one with the mouse. Whenever I > restarted the > computer, it started normally with sound & Jaws. Personally > I couldn't > believe that I don't have 1 single note on using, chkdsk, > but, you can be > damn sure I will have, after this! LOL > > But, all is not lost afterall! I have the program,, > Defraggler, made by the > same people that make CCleaner and my drive is being > defragmented as I type. > I just need to learn more about, chkdsk, & how it works or, > how it supposed > to work. Thank you & David for your attempts to help me > with this > situation. I do feel a Doctor Phil session coming on! > Thanks much. Take > care. > MIke > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Robbins > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 5:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I > attempt to Defrag > > > Mike, > > ok, sorry about that. You can do what David says in his > response to you but as he pointed out you will not have > speech etc during the process. I only do this with my C > drive as the operating system is on that. Here is how I do > external drives. Go to my computer to see what drive > letter > the external drive is. Then listen to the line typed below > and enter it into the run dialogue box exactly as typed > including the spaces. Substitute the word driveletter with > the letter of the external drive you want to do the chkdsk > on, ok? > > chkdsk driveletter: /f > > Al > > Al > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf > Of > Mike & > Barbara In Arcadia > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I > attempt > to Defrag > > > Hi Alan; > > I copied the line, chkdsk drive letter: /f, into the run > dialog box, hit > enter, & nothing happened. I have absolutly no experience > with CHKDSK, so > if I didn't wrong please let me know. Thanks much. Take > care. > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Robbins > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I > attempt to Defrag > > > Mike, > > I would go ahead and run the chkdsk utility to ensure > all > is > ok prior to defrag. You can do this while you are using > your > computer since it is not the drive with your operating > system on it. What I do with my external and/or slave > drives > is the following: > > 1. bring up the run dialogue box > 2. type the following line: > chkdsk drive letter: /f > > I use the f switch to automatically correct any errors. > > This may take some time due to the size of the drive. > Hope > this helps > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf > Of > Mike & > Barbara In Arcadia > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 8:17 PM > To: Blind Computing > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt > to > Defrag > > > Hi All; > > I am attempting to defrag an 2TB Fantom / Micronet > external > hardrive but, I > am receiving the following message. > > Disk Defragmenter > Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled > to > run on the > volume: Arcadia (F:). > Please run Chkdsk /f. > OK > > I have never received this message before. What should > I > do? I am running > XP Home with Jaws10 latest. All help will be greatly > appreciated. Thanks > much. 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