Microsoft KB Archive/823439

= &quot;Cannot Open Volume for Direct Access&quot; error message when Chkdsk runs at startup =

Article ID: 823439

Article Last Modified on 4/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you schedule the Chkdsk utility to run at startup, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following when you restart the computer:

Cannot open volume for direct access.

The type of the file system is NTFS.

IFSUTIL: Can't open drive. Status returned = c0000043.

Windows has finished checking the disk.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbtshoot kbwinxpsp2fix kberrmsg kbpending kbfix kbbug KB823439

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