"How do I run chkdsk /f on the Dell Utility partition?"
You don't!
The Dell Utility and Dell Recovery partitions should not be altered unless you intend to delete one or more of these partitions (and their functionality) or update them by an approved method. Any alterations may render them useless. They should never be subject to fragmentation, and checking them for valid Windows XP system files is pointless because they don't contain Windows XP installations.
On your disk, defrag and chkdsk operations apply only to the Windows XP installation on the C: partition.
The only documented change provided by the DDUP1277.exe update is applicability to subsequent systems. Since your system presumably came with an applicable version of Dell Diagnostics, this update would normally provide no improvement, but there is now some question whether you can run Dell Diagnostics from it's installation on the hard disk.
BillySilly
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November 10th, 2008 05:00
I have since tried to install the 18 upgrades my system can have.
The first I tried was DDUP1277.exe. I expanded this but it reports:-
Check operation: error accessing utility partition. Code 724.
This must relate to the error desribed in my first post. How can I correct this fault?
GreyMack
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November 10th, 2008 12:00
"How do I run chkdsk /f on the Dell Utility partition?"
You don't!
The Dell Utility and Dell Recovery partitions should not be altered unless you intend to delete one or more of these partitions (and their functionality) or update them by an approved method. Any alterations may render them useless. They should never be subject to fragmentation, and checking them for valid Windows XP system files is pointless because they don't contain Windows XP installations.
On your disk, defrag and chkdsk operations apply only to the Windows XP installation on the C: partition.
The only documented change provided by the DDUP1277.exe update is applicability to subsequent systems. Since your system presumably came with an applicable version of Dell Diagnostics, this update would normally provide no improvement, but there is now some question whether you can run Dell Diagnostics from it's installation on the hard disk.
GM