Why not go in to your system tools and their is a disk defrag their.
Lisa Hayes
www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Robbins" <arobb...@nycap.rr.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt to Defrag
Mike,
You need to designate the drive letter or it assumes you
mean the C Drive. the /f is a switch which will
automatically fix errors. It has nothing to do with the
drive. Here is what the syntax would be for my external
drive :
chkdsk G: /f
simply replace the letter G with the letter that corresponds
with your external drive. I'm heading to my parents to
shovel but I'll call you later if you still can't get it to
work
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf Of
Mike &
Barbara In Arcadia
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:35 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt
to Defrag
Hi Alan;
This is what I typed into the run dialog box.
chkdsk /f
When I did this I got a message saying something about the
volume was being
used by another process and would I like to do this at the
next startup.,
(Y/N). I couldn't click on either the Y or N, for yes or
no, and my wife
couldn't click on either one with the mouse. Whenever I
restarted the
computer, it started normally with sound & Jaws. Personally
I couldn't
believe that I don't have 1 single note on using, chkdsk,
but, you can be
damn sure I will have, after this! LOL
But, all is not lost afterall! I have the program,,
Defraggler, made by the
same people that make CCleaner and my drive is being
defragmented as I type.
I just need to learn more about, chkdsk, & how it works or,
how it supposed
to work. Thank you & David for your attempts to help me
with this
situation. I do feel a Doctor Phil session coming on!
Thanks much. Take
care.
MIke
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Robbins
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I
attempt to Defrag
Mike,
ok, sorry about that. You can do what David says in his
response to you but as he pointed out you will not have
speech etc during the process. I only do this with my C
drive as the operating system is on that. Here is how I do
external drives. Go to my computer to see what drive
letter
the external drive is. Then listen to the line typed below
and enter it into the run dialogue box exactly as typed
including the spaces. Substitute the word driveletter with
the letter of the external drive you want to do the chkdsk
on, ok?
chkdsk driveletter: /f
Al
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf
Of
Mike &
Barbara In Arcadia
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:22 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I
attempt
to Defrag
Hi Alan;
I copied the line, chkdsk drive letter: /f, into the run
dialog box, hit
enter, & nothing happened. I have absolutly no experience
with CHKDSK, so
if I didn't wrong please let me know. Thanks much. Take
care.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Robbins
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I
attempt to Defrag
Mike,
I would go ahead and run the chkdsk utility to ensure
all
is
ok prior to defrag. You can do this while you are using
your
computer since it is not the drive with your operating
system on it. What I do with my external and/or slave
drives
is the following:
1. bring up the run dialogue box
2. type the following line:
chkdsk drive letter: /f
I use the f switch to automatically correct any errors.
This may take some time due to the size of the drive.
Hope
this helps
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf
Of
Mike &
Barbara In Arcadia
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 8:17 PM
To: Blind Computing
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Message I get when I attempt
to
Defrag
Hi All;
I am attempting to defrag an 2TB Fantom / Micronet
external
hardrive but, I
am receiving the following message.
Disk Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled
to
run on the
volume: Arcadia (F:).
Please run Chkdsk /f.
OK
I have never received this message before. What should
I
do? I am running
XP Home with Jaws10 latest. All help will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks
much. Take care.
Mike
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