Microsoft KB Archive/124553

Windows 95 Err Msg: ScanDisk Cannot Check This Drive Now…

PSS ID Number: Q124553 Article last modified on 08-21-1995

95

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you run ScanDisk for Windows (SCANDSKW.EXE) you may receive the following error message:

ScanDisk cannot check this drive now because the disk is not properly formatted, or a program such as a disk utility has locked it. Format the disk or wait for the utility to finish, and then restart ScanDisk.

= CAUSE =

If you unmount a compressed drive and then run ScanDisk for Windows, the unmounted drive is available for checking. If you select this drive, you receive the above error message.

= RESOLUTION =

Mount the compressed volume file (CVF) using DriveSpace, and then run ScanDisk for Windows again on the compressed drive.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95 scandisk drvspace dblspace diskmem Additional reference words: 95 err msg dxxspace

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