Norton Speed disk problem!

Morjo · 10th July 2001, 7:13 PM

Hi

When I try to Defrag my C: drive, Speed disk comes up with an error, saying my C: drive is locked by a program, and to unlock it.

What could be causing this?

Cheers!

HarBinger · 11th July 2001, 10:36 AM

Virii scanners, Seti, Some temp monitors et al have been known to cause speed disk to have problems. Close 'em and start again.

Poddy · 11th July 2001, 7:27 PM

Pretty much anything that writes to the hdd will screw up scandisk/defragging programs.

Morjo · 12th July 2001, 4:38 PM

Well I use speedisk once every few days, and have so for months.
The security on the drive is fine, your allowed to access it n all that shit.
I don't have my virus scanner loaded in the memory.
The only thing apart from windows stuff, running in the memory is my ZA firewall.
BTW, I am useing Win2k.
Any more help?

Cheers!

O yeah, one last thing, I am logged in as admin in Win2k.

Morjo · 13th July 2001, 11:22 AM

bump

Ripper · 13th July 2001, 1:38 PM

What version of Norton? What OS and What file system (FAT32 or NTFS)?

Had the same problem with NU2000 and Win2000 w/ FAT32, went away with NU2001.

Murder1 · 13th July 2001, 2:50 PM

Ok this will sound unlogical....but try running scandisk in dos mode.....then run speed disk again in windows.......i dunno but this somehow worked for me.......worth a shot i reckon....

Morjo · 13th July 2001, 5:33 PM

ok, I will try to run Scan disk in DOS, but I am running Win2k, so how is that possible?

C: drive is NTFS.

Thx for your help so far guys!

usumgal · 14th July 2001, 12:37 AM

I've had this twice before 1st time was fixed by running defrag 2nd time was a FAT problem ntfs drive under win98.

rager · 14th July 2001, 5:34 AM

I thought scandisk could only run on Win2k (NTFS) partition on bootup? As the C drive gets accessed all the time and the only real time its free is on bootup.

Peacekeeper · 14th July 2001, 9:29 AM

You can run it in safe mode. Make sure nothing loaded as well in memory.

10th July 2001, 7:13 PM	#1
Morjo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 403	Norton Speed disk problem! Hi When I try to Defrag my C: drive, Speed disk comes up with an error, saying my C: drive is locked by a program, and to unlock it. What could be causing this? Cheers! __________________ AMD XP2400+ Asus GF4 Ti4800se Geil 512mb 3200 DDR Ram Soltek SL-75FRN2 Seagate 120gig 7200RPM Hard Disk

11th July 2001, 10:36 AM	#2
HarBinger Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Leiden, Netherlands Posts: 86	Virii scanners, Seti, Some temp monitors et al have been known to cause speed disk to have problems. Close 'em and start again. __________________ Three or four hours into diagnosing a problem on my computer I become less of a technician and more of a shaman, and the proceedings take on a strange character.

11th July 2001, 7:27 PM	#3
Poddy Rainman Studios Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In The Mix, Sydney Posts: 2,187	Pretty much anything that writes to the hdd will screw up scandisk/defragging programs. __________________ www.myspace.com/midsummerlights

12th July 2001, 4:38 PM	#4
Morjo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 403	Well I use speedisk once every few days, and have so for months. The security on the drive is fine, your allowed to access it n all that shit. I don't have my virus scanner loaded in the memory. The only thing apart from windows stuff, running in the memory is my ZA firewall. BTW, I am useing Win2k. Any more help? Cheers! O yeah, one last thing, I am logged in as admin in Win2k. __________________ AMD XP2400+ Asus GF4 Ti4800se Geil 512mb 3200 DDR Ram Soltek SL-75FRN2 Seagate 120gig 7200RPM Hard Disk Last edited by Morjo; 12th July 2001 at 4:42 PM.

13th July 2001, 11:22 AM	#5
Morjo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 403	bump __________________ AMD XP2400+ Asus GF4 Ti4800se Geil 512mb 3200 DDR Ram Soltek SL-75FRN2 Seagate 120gig 7200RPM Hard Disk

13th July 2001, 1:38 PM	#6
Ripper Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Dallas, TX -- USA Posts: 124	What version of Norton? What OS and What file system (FAT32 or NTFS)? Had the same problem with NU2000 and Win2000 w/ FAT32, went away with NU2001. __________________ "It's not an Obsession damn it -- It's just a Hobby !!" -- Me to my Wife "Overclocking is an Art consisting of 1/3 Science, 1/3 Magic, and 1/3 Luck !" -- Me to Myself Soltek SL75FRV (KT400) w/ AMD AthlonXP 2500+ Barton @ 2.3GHz (3400+) -- 185x12.5 and 1.70 vcore \| Vantec AeroFlow \| 2x512MB Kingston HyperX PC2700 - CAS2, Fast, 1T, 8W, 4-way \| PNY GF4 Ti4200 128MB -8XAGP \| Hercules Fortissimo II \| Antec SX-1030 case w/ Tru430 PSU \| 2x Maxtor 80GB 7200 RPM ATA133 \| Pioneer 116 DVD \| LiteOn 32x CD/RW \| WinXP Pro \| Prime95 23.7.1 Tested Tough

13th July 2001, 2:50 PM	#7
Murder1 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: 2150 Posts: 954	Ok this will sound unlogical....but try running scandisk in dos mode.....then run speed disk again in windows.......i dunno but this somehow worked for me.......worth a shot i reckon.... __________________ Sucessfully traded with..

13th July 2001, 5:33 PM	#8
Morjo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 403	ok, I will try to run Scan disk in DOS, but I am running Win2k, so how is that possible? C: drive is NTFS. Thx for your help so far guys! __________________ AMD XP2400+ Asus GF4 Ti4800se Geil 512mb 3200 DDR Ram Soltek SL-75FRN2 Seagate 120gig 7200RPM Hard Disk

14th July 2001, 12:37 AM	#9
usumgal Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: northern N,S,W Posts: 251	I've had this twice before 1st time was fixed by running defrag 2nd time was a FAT problem ntfs drive under win98. __________________ Baba Nam Kevalam I like my Beer Black my Rum Dark and my Wine Green

14th July 2001, 5:34 AM	#10
rager Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 656	I thought scandisk could only run on Win2k (NTFS) partition on bootup? As the C drive gets accessed all the time and the only real time its free is on bootup.

14th July 2001, 9:29 AM	#11
Peacekeeper Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 490	You can run it in safe mode. Make sure nothing loaded as well in memory.