"Cannot lock current drive" (to do chkdsk scan in cmdprompt).

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  1. Posts : 294
    W7 pro 32-bit.
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    "Cannot lock current drive" (to do chkdsk scan in cmdprompt).


    "Cannot lock current drive" ...and therefore I must schedule scan on reboot.

    So how do I lock current drive to go ahead with scan without rebooting first?
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  2. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #2

    pappi said:
    "Cannot lock current drive" ...and therefore I must schedule scan on reboot.

    So how do I lock current drive to go ahead with scan without rebooting first?
    What is drive letter of current drive? What's on it?
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  3. Posts : 294
    W7 pro 32-bit.
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Current drive, I guess is C: . This contains my whole cyber-life files. Type of file system is NTFS
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  4. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #4

    pappi said:
    "Cannot lock current drive" ...and therefore I must schedule scan on reboot.

    So how do I lock current drive to go ahead with scan without rebooting first?
    pappi said:
    Current drive, I guess is C: . This contains my whole cyber-life files. Type of file system is NTFS
    You can't, it is in use. You have to reboot to run the chkdsk.

    Disk Check
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  5. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #5

    In windows 8, you are able to run a disk check on drive c without restarting, all previous versions of windows require a restart of the Operating system.
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  6. Posts : 294
    W7 pro 32-bit.
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Hmmm...finally I found something I like about W8. Thanks guys, but I would rather just reboot.

    BTW, can chkdsk be done in cmdprompt in W8?
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  7. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #7

    pappi said:
    BTW, can chkdsk be done in cmdprompt in W8?
    Yes it can,

    CHKDSK - Check a Drive for Errors in Windows 8
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  8. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #8

    Yes and in windows 7. You would rather reboot? That is what its going to do when you check both boxes and have it check drive c, prompt to reboot. Unless you meant rather not have to reboot.

    Here are the multiple ways to run check disk in windows 7:

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  9. Posts : 294
    W7 pro 32-bit.
    Thread Starter
       #9

    sorry, wrong entry.
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  10. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #10

    You can see the results in event viewer,

    Check Disk (chkdsk) - Read Event Viewer Log
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