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July 3rd, 2004 15:00
Cannot lock the drive / Cannot open the disk for direct access ???
Ok, I installed Partition Magic 8.0 (PM) to partition my HITACHI_DK23FB-60 on my Inspiron 8500.
When PM try to partition the disk, I got the error "cannot lock the drive".
I then try to use disk doctor on my drive, and I got the error "cannot open the disk for direct access" ?
I tried to use scandisk on the reboot of window xp, but I get the same error, "cannot open the disk for direct access".
Now, window/scandisk try to check the drive at each boot since it couldn't finish its process, and each time it's the same error.
So, my questions are:
1) How can I get scandisk to stop trying?
2) How can I get my disk to be read, and to be partitionned?
Thanks a lot for your help
Philippe
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July 3rd, 2004 20:00
if this is correct, here's a workaround:
The problem can be solved by temporarily disabling the VSDATANT device by following these steps:
1. Configure ZoneAlarm preferences so that ZoneAlarm does not load at
system startup. This can be done by running the ZoneAlarm Control Center and clearing the Load at Startup check box. This step is optional, but doing this prevents ZoneAlarm from unnecessarily alerting you to a system change. (Since you are performing a boot-time operation, you already are aware of this system change.) Keep in mind this setting will only be temporary.
2. Set Diskeeper/chkdsk to do a boot-time defragmentation.
3. Start the Computer Management applet by right-clicking My Computer
then selecting Manage.
4. Click Device Manager in the left-hand pane.
5. On the Computer Management menu bar, click View, and ensure that Show
hidden devices is checked.
6. Click the Œ+¹ sign beside the Non-Plug and Play Drivers entry in the
right-hand pane of the Computer Management applet to expand these devices.
7. Scroll down to the entry for VSDATANT, right-click it, and select
Disable.
8. Reboot your computer. The Diskeeper boot-time defragmentation
operation will then run.
9. After the boot-time defragmentation is complete and your computer
reboots, return to the Computer Management applet and re-enable the VSDATANT device.
10. Return to the ZoneAlarm Control Center, re-enable the Load at Startup
option, and reboot the computer.
Your computer has now received the benefit of a boot-time defragmentation, and your ZoneAlarm security has been re-established.