[XP Pro] Checkdisk on 2nd HD While Still Using Computer OK? in Microsoft Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21060544 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:24:47 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:24:47 EDT Re: [XP Pro] Checkdisk on 2nd HD While Still Using Computer OK? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062083 ChiTang :
said by TomBrooklyn See Profile :

I don't think they would get accessed, but I'm not sure.
:)

said by TomBrooklyn See Profile :

If they were, would that screw up the Chkdsk?
CHKDSK is a program and will not be screwed up.
It could screw up the filesysem in that partition depending on the program switch.
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I used to be indecisive, now I am not sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062083 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:45:25 EDT Re: [XP Pro] Checkdisk on 2nd HD While Still Using Computer OK? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061882 TomBrooklyn : Hi,
The second HD only has some music files on it I think. I have a 3rd HD also that I only use for Acronis True Image backups.

I don't think they would get accessed, but I'm not sure.

If they were, would that screw up the Chkdsk? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061882 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:09:20 EDT Re: [XP Pro] Checkdisk on 2nd HD While Still Using Computer OK? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060581 ChiTang : How do you know when you are using a particular program and that particular program is not accessing/using the drive that you are CHKDSK'ing on?

Better be safe than sorry.
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I used to be indecisive, now I am not sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060581 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:25:59 EDT [XP Pro] Checkdisk on 2nd HD While Still Using Computer OK? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060544 TomBrooklyn : Hi,
Is it OK to continue to use one's computer while running Checkdisk (Scandisk for XP) on a hard drive that doesn't contain the OS?

My computer is allowing me to do it, and all seems fine, but I was wondering if it was possibly a problem. I'm not trying to access anything that is on the hard drive that is being checked.
Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060544 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:14:19 EDT