help pls - can't get out of disk check

I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows that
the folders contain 0 bytes.
If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the message
that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still play the
files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as they aren't
where they're supposed to be - I can't.

So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I also
request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to what to
do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed the on/off
switch to force a re-boot
Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing the
Enter key within 10 secs.
I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a bluetooth
kbd/mouse this may be the problem
so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter key
has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
starts automatically every time I boot

I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
stage) - no options there to help

Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and secondary,
any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for files within
the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search for the folders
themselves, search shows that they are where I thought they are, but the
system does not think they are there .

Many thanks
Pete

 

Billericay Pete wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
> that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows
> that the folders contain 0 bytes.
> If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the
> message that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still
> play the files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as
> they aren't where they're supposed to be - I can't.
>
> So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
> The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
> also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
> what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
> the on/off switch to force a re-boot
> Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
> the Enter key within 10 secs.
> I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
> bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
> so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter
> key has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
> I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
> normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
> starts automatically every time I boot
>
> I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
> stage) - no options there to help
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and
> secondary, any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for
> files within the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I
> search for the folders themselves, search shows that they are where I
> thought they are, but the system does not think they are there .
>
> Many thanks
> Pete<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->



You will need to let it run to completion...

just walk away and come back a few hours later...


I've worked on machine that required a number of hours to run to
completion..but once done, all problems were solved

 

To cancel disk check, open an Admin command prompt and type "chkntfs /x d:"
(without the quotes) then press the Enter key.

"Billericay Pete" <billericaypete@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uD2a5BN$JHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
> that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows that
> the folders contain 0 bytes.
> If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the message
> that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still play the
> files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as they aren't
> where they're supposed to be - I can't.
>
> So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
> The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
> also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
> what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
> the on/off switch to force a re-boot
> Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
> the Enter key within 10 secs.
> I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
> bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
> so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter key
> has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
> I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
> normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
> starts automatically every time I boot
>
> I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
> stage) - no options there to help
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and secondary,
> any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for files within
> the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search for the
> folders themselves, search shows that they are where I thought they are,
> but the system does not think they are there .
>
> Many thanks
> Pete <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

1. You can kill the chkdsk process either with the task manager or even
easier with Process Explorer ( 'Process Explorer'
() ).
2. From the message you receive, it looks like those folders were
deleted and are no more on your system. I'd just rip the disks anew.

Btw: What were you trying to accomplish with chkdsk?


--
whs

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.invalid> wrote in message
news:h2o79e$o4i$2@news.eternal-september.org...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Billericay Pete wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
>> that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows
>> that the folders contain 0 bytes.
>> If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the
>> message that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still
>> play the files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as
>> they aren't where they're supposed to be - I can't.
>>
>> So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
>> The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
>> also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
>> what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
>> the on/off switch to force a re-boot
>> Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
>> the Enter key within 10 secs.
>> I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
>> bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
>> so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter
>> key has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
>> I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
>> normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
>> starts automatically every time I boot
>>
>> I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
>> stage) - no options there to help
>>
>> Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and
>> secondary, any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for
>> files within the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search
>> for the folders themselves, search shows that they are where I thought
>> they are, but the system does not think they are there .
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Pete<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>
>
> You will need to let it run to completion...
>
> just walk away and come back a few hours later...
>
>
> I've worked on machine that required a number of hours to run to
> completion..but once done, all problems were solved<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Thanks for your reply - I did allow it to run to completion, around 4
hours - it said something to the effect - Disk Check complete - no errors
found - and there it sat until I rebooted, then off it went again on a disk
check

Thanks again
Pete

 

Check in the BIOS for a setting to enable a USB keyboard. It's sometimes
called Enable USB legacy devices. This should get the USB keyboard working
so you can press a key to bypass the chkdsk.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration





"Billericay Pete" <billericaypete@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uD2a5BN$JHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
> that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows that
> the folders contain 0 bytes.
> If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the message
> that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still play the
> files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as they aren't
> where they're supposed to be - I can't.
>
> So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
> The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
> also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
> what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
> the on/off switch to force a re-boot
> Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
> the Enter key within 10 secs.
> I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
> bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
> so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter key
> has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
> I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
> normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
> starts automatically every time I boot
>
> I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
> stage) - no options there to help
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and secondary,
> any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for files within
> the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search for the
> folders themselves, search shows that they are where I thought they are,
> but the system does not think they are there .
>
> Many thanks
> Pete <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

'Vista Erroneously Finds Phantom Files - Solutions by PC Magazine'
()

your post jogged my memory about this article i read recently. it might
help with your original problem. (non-existant files)


--
kword88

 

WOW - thanks for all your help and suggestions!!
My neighbour had an old wired keyboard in his loft - plugged that in and
problem solved!!

Interesting that neither Bluetooth nor USB wireless kbds worked in this
instance, whereas both work to access Startup BIOS POST etc - which is also
before the op sys has loaded.... ?? only a wired PS-2 style kbd would work

I guess maybe had I left it to complete a further scan, it may have
completed successfully i just just didn't want to wait another 4ish hours.
The long pause with just a static DOS screen for many minutes was too
frustrating 1st time round - if i'd left overnight would prob had the
desktop showing in the morn.... hey ho, i'll try one day - maybe

I have been ripping quite heavily, so it is poss as suggested in the link
provided by kword88 that indexing hasn't caught up yet - not too bothered
really.

Thanks again to all for your helpful replies

Pete



"Billericay Pete" <billericaypete@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uD2a5BN$JHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
> that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows that
> the folders contain 0 bytes.
> If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the message
> that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still play the
> files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as they aren't
> where they're supposed to be - I can't.
>
> So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
> The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
> also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
> what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
> the on/off switch to force a re-boot
> Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
> the Enter key within 10 secs.
> I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
> bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
> so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter key
> has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
> I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
> normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
> starts automatically every time I boot
>
> I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
> stage) - no options there to help
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and secondary,
> any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for files within
> the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search for the
> folders themselves, search shows that they are where I thought they are,
> but the system does not think they are there .
>
> Many thanks
> Pete <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

On Jul 4, 11:08 pm, "Billericay Pete" <billericaypete@hotmail.com>
wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> WOW - thanks for all your help and suggestions!!
> My neighbour had an old wired keyboard in his loft - plugged that in and
> problem solved!!
>
> Interesting that neither Bluetooth nor USB wireless kbds worked in this
> instance, whereas both work to access Startup BIOS POST etc - which is also
> before the op sys has loaded.... ?? only a wired PS-2 style kbd would work
>
> I guess maybe had I left it to complete a further scan, it may have
> completed successfully i just just didn't want to wait another 4ish hours..
> The long pause with just a static DOS screen for many minutes was too
> frustrating 1st time round - if i'd left overnight would prob had the
> desktop showing in the morn.... hey ho, i'll try one day - maybe
>
> I have been ripping quite heavily, so it is poss as suggested in the link
> provided by kword88 that indexing hasn't caught up yet - not too bothered
> really.
>
> Thanks again to all for your helpful replies
>
> Pete
>
> "Billericay Pete" <billericaypete@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:uD2a5BN$JHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders
> > that have files in them, I can listen to them, but 'properties' shows that
> > the folders contain 0 bytes.
> > If I try and move either of these folders or delete them I get the message
> > that the folder is no longer in that location, but I can still play the
> > files inside these folders! I've tried renaming them, but as they aren't
> > where they're supposed to be - I can't.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > So I thought I'd run a disk check on my D: drive
> > The disk check completed after nearly 4 hours and found no problems (I
> > also request bad sector checks) there was no on-screen instruction as to
> > what to do when the process finished, so after several minutes I pressed
> > the on/off switch to force a re-boot
> > Then it started the disk check again, but can be interrupted by pressing
> > the Enter key within 10 secs.
> > I pressed the enter key - no response - I thought that as I have a
> > bluetooth kbd/mouse this may be the problem
> > so I connected a wireless USB keyboard and re-booted - still the Enter key
> > has no effect and the disk check was initialized again
> > I do not have a wired keyboard so I can't seem to be able to perform a
> > normal boot, my only option seems to be to run disk check forever as it
> > starts automatically every time I boot<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > I tried going into setup on booting (so my Bluetooth kbd worked at this
> > stage) - no options there to help<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > Any suggestions as to how I can get out of this loop please and secondary,
> > any ideas as to where these folders are - I have searched for files within
> > the folders but advanced search shows 0 results. If I search for the
> > folders themselves, search shows that they are where I thought they are,
> > but the system does not  think they are there .<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > Many thanks
> > Pete<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

You'll have e-mail, Pete.