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I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

 

1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You must

check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

 

When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't check

the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the

next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running unless

I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

 

I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't think

there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

 

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Tom

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    Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.

     

    Type chkdsk c: /f in the window.

     

    Press enter.

     

    System is locked. Do you want to check next time you reboot? Type Y and

    press enter.

     

    Close window.

     

    Reboot.

     

    chkdsk will run on drive C:

     

    --

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Richard Urban

    Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

     

     

     

    "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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    >I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    >

    > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You

    > must

    > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    >

    > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't

    > check

    > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the

    > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running

    > unless

    > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    >

    > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't

    > think

    > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    >

    > Any suggestions?

    > Thanks,

    > Tom

    >

    >

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    Thanks Richard. One more question. I just tried that and even though I'm an

    administrator on my computer (and I just doublechecked) I get the following

    message when I use the comand prompt:

    "Access denied as you do not have sufficient priviliges. You have to invoke

    this utility running in elevated mode."

     

    Sorry but I'm not that compter savy? Is the such a thing as a

    "Uber"-administrator that I need to be?

     

    Thanks again for the quick response.

     

    "Richard Urban" wrote:

    > Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.

    >

    > Type chkdsk c: /f in the window.

    >

    > Press enter.

    >

    > System is locked. Do you want to check next time you reboot? Type Y and

    > press enter.

    >

    > Close window.

    >

    > Reboot.

    >

    > chkdsk will run on drive C:

    >

    > --

    >

    >

    > Regards,

    >

    > Richard Urban

    > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    >

    >

    >

    > "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    > news:76A9DEF4-4ED3-42B2-9475-FBEEF84335E4@microsoft.com...

    > >I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    > > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    > >

    > > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You

    > > must

    > > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    > >

    > > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't

    > > check

    > > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the

    > > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running

    > > unless

    > > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    > >

    > > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't

    > > think

    > > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    > >

    > > Any suggestions?

    > > Thanks,

    > > Tom

    > >

    > >

    >

    >

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    As I said, you have to open a command prompt with administrator privileges

    (elevated mode).

     

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    Regards,

     

    Richard Urban

    Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

     

     

     

    "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:916DEADE-2F10-4CE1-9A45-434D29A54F8E@microsoft.com...

    > Thanks Richard. One more question. I just tried that and even though I'm

    > an

    > administrator on my computer (and I just doublechecked) I get the

    > following

    > message when I use the comand prompt:

    > "Access denied as you do not have sufficient priviliges. You have to

    > invoke

    > this utility running in elevated mode."

    >

    > Sorry but I'm not that compter savy? Is the such a thing as a

    > "Uber"-administrator that I need to be?

    >

    > Thanks again for the quick response.

    >

    > "Richard Urban" wrote:

    >

    >> Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.

    >>

    >> Type chkdsk c: /f in the window.

    >>

    >> Press enter.

    >>

    >> System is locked. Do you want to check next time you reboot? Type Y and

    >> press enter.

    >>

    >> Close window.

    >>

    >> Reboot.

    >>

    >> chkdsk will run on drive C:

    >>

    >> --

    >>

    >>

    >> Regards,

    >>

    >> Richard Urban

    >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> news:76A9DEF4-4ED3-42B2-9475-FBEEF84335E4@microsoft.com...

    >> >I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    >> > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    >> >

    >> > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You

    >> > must

    >> > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    >> >

    >> > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't

    >> > check

    >> > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors

    >> > the

    >> > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running

    >> > unless

    >> > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    >> >

    >> > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't

    >> > think

    >> > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    >> >

    >> > Any suggestions?

    >> > Thanks,

    >> > Tom

    >> >

    >> >

    >>

    >>

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    Thanks Richard. I figured out how to do that and finally got all the message

    you told me I'd get (=> choose Y if you want to check after next restart)

     

    However, I just restarted and it didn't do anything. No checking whatsoever

    (unless it's checking in the background).

     

    "Richard Urban" wrote:

    > As I said, you have to open a command prompt with administrator privileges

    > (elevated mode).

    >

    > --

    >

    >

    > Regards,

    >

    > Richard Urban

    > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    >

    >

    >

    > "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    > news:916DEADE-2F10-4CE1-9A45-434D29A54F8E@microsoft.com...

    > > Thanks Richard. One more question. I just tried that and even though I'm

    > > an

    > > administrator on my computer (and I just doublechecked) I get the

    > > following

    > > message when I use the comand prompt:

    > > "Access denied as you do not have sufficient priviliges. You have to

    > > invoke

    > > this utility running in elevated mode."

    > >

    > > Sorry but I'm not that compter savy? Is the such a thing as a

    > > "Uber"-administrator that I need to be?

    > >

    > > Thanks again for the quick response.

    > >

    > > "Richard Urban" wrote:

    > >

    > >> Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.

    > >>

    > >> Type chkdsk c: /f in the window.

    > >>

    > >> Press enter.

    > >>

    > >> System is locked. Do you want to check next time you reboot? Type Y and

    > >> press enter.

    > >>

    > >> Close window.

    > >>

    > >> Reboot.

    > >>

    > >> chkdsk will run on drive C:

    > >>

    > >> --

    > >>

    > >>

    > >> Regards,

    > >>

    > >> Richard Urban

    > >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    > >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    > >>

    > >>

    > >>

    > >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    > >> news:76A9DEF4-4ED3-42B2-9475-FBEEF84335E4@microsoft.com...

    > >> >I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    > >> > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    > >> >

    > >> > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You

    > >> > must

    > >> > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    > >> >

    > >> > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't

    > >> > check

    > >> > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors

    > >> > the

    > >> > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running

    > >> > unless

    > >> > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    > >> >

    > >> > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't

    > >> > think

    > >> > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    > >> >

    > >> > Any suggestions?

    > >> > Thanks,

    > >> > Tom

    > >> >

    > >> >

    > >>

    > >>

    >

    >

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    You may have a manufacturers screen displayed that hides what is going on in

    the background. When I work on a computer, one of the first things I do is

    go into the bios and turn off this screen. The boot information is very

    important and is quite useful in trouble shooting a misbehaving system.

     

    --

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Richard Urban

    Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

     

     

     

    "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:2ED5DA50-E873-4252-B6A5-932A1E477C21@microsoft.com...

    > Thanks Richard. I figured out how to do that and finally got all the

    > message

    > you told me I'd get (=> choose Y if you want to check after next restart)

    >

    > However, I just restarted and it didn't do anything. No checking

    > whatsoever

    > (unless it's checking in the background).

    >

    > "Richard Urban" wrote:

    >

    >> As I said, you have to open a command prompt with administrator

    >> privileges

    >> (elevated mode).

    >>

    >> --

    >>

    >>

    >> Regards,

    >>

    >> Richard Urban

    >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> news:916DEADE-2F10-4CE1-9A45-434D29A54F8E@microsoft.com...

    >> > Thanks Richard. One more question. I just tried that and even though

    >> > I'm

    >> > an

    >> > administrator on my computer (and I just doublechecked) I get the

    >> > following

    >> > message when I use the comand prompt:

    >> > "Access denied as you do not have sufficient priviliges. You have to

    >> > invoke

    >> > this utility running in elevated mode."

    >> >

    >> > Sorry but I'm not that compter savy? Is the such a thing as a

    >> > "Uber"-administrator that I need to be?

    >> >

    >> > Thanks again for the quick response.

    >> >

    >> > "Richard Urban" wrote:

    >> >

    >> >> Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.

    >> >>

    >> >> Type chkdsk c: /f in the window.

    >> >>

    >> >> Press enter.

    >> >>

    >> >> System is locked. Do you want to check next time you reboot? Type Y

    >> >> and

    >> >> press enter.

    >> >>

    >> >> Close window.

    >> >>

    >> >> Reboot.

    >> >>

    >> >> chkdsk will run on drive C:

    >> >>

    >> >> --

    >> >>

    >> >>

    >> >> Regards,

    >> >>

    >> >> Richard Urban

    >> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

    >> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)

    >> >>

    >> >>

    >> >>

    >> >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> >> news:76A9DEF4-4ED3-42B2-9475-FBEEF84335E4@microsoft.com...

    >> >> >I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying

    >> >> >to

    >> >> > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    >> >> >

    >> >> > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C:

    >> >> > You

    >> >> > must

    >> >> > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    >> >> >

    >> >> > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows

    >> >> > can't

    >> >> > check

    >> >> > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk

    >> >> > errors

    >> >> > the

    >> >> > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was

    >> >> > running

    >> >> > unless

    >> >> > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    >> >> >

    >> >> > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I

    >> >> > don't

    >> >> > think

    >> >> > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a

    >> >> > message).

    >> >> >

    >> >> > Any suggestions?

    >> >> > Thanks,

    >> >> > Tom

    >> >> >

    >> >> >

    >> >>

    >> >>

    >>

    >>

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    Click Start Orb

    Click Computer

    Right-click "C Drive"

    Click "Properties"

    Click "Tools"

    Click "Check Now"

    Follow prompts

     

    "Tom" wrote:

    > I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    >

    > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You must

    > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    >

    > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't check

    > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the

    > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running unless

    > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    >

    > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't think

    > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    >

    > Any suggestions?

    > Thanks,

    > Tom

    >

    >

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    Thanks Mick but I tried taht and it's exactly why Richard told me to use the

    command prompt. It won't check it (message=> "Windows can't check the disk

    while it is in use.") and it won't let me schedule it after restart either

    (not even when I use the commend prompt).

     

    conclusion: I can't check it but without checking it I can't get find/ fix

    the corrupted files and without fixing these files I can't burn a recovery

    DVD.

     

    "Mick Murphy" wrote:

    > Click Start Orb

    > Click Computer

    > Right-click "C Drive"

    > Click "Properties"

    > Click "Tools"

    > Click "Check Now"

    > Follow prompts

    >

    > "Tom" wrote:

    >

    > > I got a new PC with preinstalled Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I'm trying to

    > > backup my system to a DVD but get various error messages.

    > >

    > > 1st message ==> "Windows has detected file system corruption on C: You must

    > > check the disk for errors before it can be restored."

    > >

    > > When I try to check the disk, I get another message ==> "Windows can't check

    > > the disk while it is in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the

    > > next time you start your computer?" (BTW: no other program was running unless

    > > I had something running in the background that I wasn't aware off)

    > >

    > > I tried to do that but the next time I restarted the computer, I don't think

    > > there was any HD checking going on (at least I didn't get a message).

    > >

    > > Any suggestions?

    > > Thanks,

    > > Tom

    > >

    > >

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