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by robert

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I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I received a message on boot up saying that windows required a check disk be preformed. When I take the option to continue I get another message saying that the proceduer can not be run because the volume is locked. MS says that if I install SP2 that the problem will go away. I am already running SP2. Any help on how to unlock the volume will be greatly appreciated.

Robert

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by ic-it

Open a cmd window and type
Chkdsk /R
You will receive some prompts stating (words to the effect of) drive is in use and cannot be locked, do you wish to run this on reboot. Select Yes, exit and reboot.
If this doesn't help, please post back.

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