When I've encountered that, chkdsk (XP) then announced I had the opportunity to reboot and do the chkdsk when the computer rebooted. I don't know what determines if chkdsk makes this offer or not. Something in the registry no doubt.
----- Original Message ----- From: Stu Packett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, August 13, 2007 11:19 am Subject: [FDE] Check Disk for Bad Sectors Before Install FDE Software? To: [email protected] > My team has been evaluating several Full Disk Encryption products. All > vendors have told them to check the disk for bad sectors before installing > the FDE software. However, when my team does a "chkdsk 'f" on the C: > drive > (only drive on our laptops), they get a message back from chkdsk that > says > the "volume is in use by another process". The other alternative is > to use > the diagnostic CD that came with our laptops, but that would take > hours per > laptop to complete. To do a mass FDE rollout with the diagnostic CD is > unrealistic. > > My question is - what do you recommend for my team to check if the > disk has > bad sectors before we install the FDE software? Because we plan to do > a > rollout, we obviously need a method that can be automated. Thanks in > advance. > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
