Cannot open volume for direct access

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Pete

Hi,

I ran checkdisk yesterday after a fresh win2k install,
including SP4, critical updates, and a few applications.
I clicked yes when it said it would run next time I
rebooted my system. The first time I rebooted and
everytime after I'm getting the error message "Cannot open
volume for direct access"

Any ideas? I can keep it from restarting by modifying the
autochk key in the registry, but I want to know why I'm
getting the error so I can fix it. I have a lot more
software to install and don't want to install it if I need
to start over.

Thanks
 
Follow the steps in Knowledge Base article 160654 Err Msg: Cannot Lock
Volume for Direct Access (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160654).
Hopefully you will find what is preventing Autochk from running.

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
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I created a test hardware profile and disabled all
services that were listed as started. When I rebooted, it
still told me that it couldn't open the volume. Any other
ideas what I can try?

Thanks for the reply,
Pete
 
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