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C-Drive locked
When I try to do a defragmentaion or run scandisk, eiher
from Norton Disk Doctor(Norton System Works in stalled) or from System Tools,I get the messsage: 'Unable to operate on C-Drive because it is in use by an Unknown Disk Utility. A similar message stating that the C-Drive is locked also appears. This problem remains even after uninstalling Norton System Works. My Operating System is ME. Please, can anyone help. |
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Without wishing to get embroiled in the dreaded 'Norton vs.WinMe' debate
regarding Norton products and their (un?) suitability with Winme, just take a look around the news groups g However, the first thing to try, is running scandisk and defrag in Safe Mode. If OK in Safe Mode, download and install ScanDefrag v5.0. This is a FREE utility, written by several well respected contributors to these News Groups and has been designed to run several original MS utilities through a 'filter' which eliminates the usual junk which stops Defrag (and Scandisk) from running properly in Normal Mode - as you are already experiencing g You can get ScanDefrag at either of the two sites below - and be sure to read the associated notes for setting it up: http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2...efrag/main.htm http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html HTH and good luck Mart "Pat" wrote in message ... When I try to do a defragmentaion or run scandisk, eiher from Norton Disk Doctor(Norton System Works in stalled) or from System Tools,I get the messsage: 'Unable to operate on C-Drive because it is in use by an Unknown Disk Utility. A similar message stating that the C-Drive is locked also appears. This problem remains even after uninstalling Norton System Works. My Operating System is ME. Please, can anyone help. |
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