Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process

Anonymous
2014-12-25T22:56:33+00:00

Hi,

Whenever I turn on my computer or even restarted it, and then tried to run the command 'chkdsk /r /f', I faced the error 'cannot lock current drive', although there are no other process hare running.

I had to schedule it to be running in the next restart.

When I scheduled it to be running in the next system restart , it was running well when it was restarted.

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Anonymous
2014-12-31T16:14:25+00:00

I personally don't think you'd gain anything from a scan with UBCD.  We can learn all about the HDD's health by looking at its SMART data.  It may pass a diagnostic test with flying colors, and still have corrupted numerous files (in the past) and/or have many (remapped) bad sectors.

    Looking at your HDD's SMART status, I can see that it had 104 (hex 68) bad sectors which have since been reallocated (see Reallocated Sectors Count).  Since Current Pending Sector Count is 0, all suspected bad sectors have been successfully remapped, probably thanks to an earlier chkdsk /r scan.

    Everything else looks good.  I would suggest keeping an eye on the HDD every once in a while to make sure that it isn't developing more bad sectors (Current Pending Sector Count or Read Error Rate increasing from 0 in the far-right column).

    In case you didn't know this, HDDs are quite sensitive to being jostled while in operation.  Setting a laptop down too hard while it's on are is one the easiest ways to kill a laptop's HDD.  If you need a laptop that can be thrown around, it would be a good idea to upgrade to a SSD, since they have no moving parts.  This will also greatly speed up the laptop since the HDD is the biggest bottleneck in practically all laptops made nowadays.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-25T23:20:41+00:00

       Anything imported to your country will have to come in via one of the shipping ports, be it via ship, airplane, or land.  Normally there are customs people there at each of these points of entry.  After passing customs, the package would be entered into your country's postal system, which would then decide where to ship it based on the information provided on the package's label.

        I'm not sure if there are multiple postal systems in your country or not.  In the US, we haveUSPS (our national postal system), and thenUPS andFedEx, which are privately owned and tend to deal with packages rather than mail.  They all work with street addresses.  USPS normally delivers to their mailboxes at the street; the other two usually deliver to the front door of the residence at the specified address.

        A province, city, and village printed on the package's label would get it to your local post office.  What they do with it depends on what personally identifiable information is on the package to indicate that you are the intended recipient.

        Here in the US, when receiving a package, the USPS will attempt to deliver it to the mailbox just like with everything else (letters, magazines).  If it doesn't fit in the mailbox, they aresupposed to attempt to deliver it to your door.  If you don't answer the door (or if they're feeling lazy), and note is put in the mailbox stating that the package is being held for you at the Post Office.  This is the only time I'm aware of other than renting a P.O. Box that mail is held at the Post Office.  But, this is the USPS, and your country may do it differently.

        In your 3rd paragraph, you mentioned mobile phone numbers being of importance, and that specific places of delivery are involved.  If this is how mail is delivered in your country, it sounds to me like your name and mobile number should be placed into the address field.  This would get it printed onto the label on the package.  All I know about your country's postal system is what you tell me, and then I can only make educated guesses based on our system in the US.  I'm sure you could get much better information on this subject from postal employees in your country and your HP agent who is dealing with both imports and local shipments.

    You'll have to decide how badly you want the LightScribe feature.  It may be very hard to get this feature with everything else and shipping to Yemen.  

    Thank you so much,

    I contacted the seller of some item I have begun to purchase. However, I didn't complete the process, although there is shipping to Yemen listed under the item. (I didn't pay for my item since I've been afraid of that the major political upheaval happening in Yemen right now will not let things be shipped in reliability). So, when contacting the seller clarify for him why I have not paid for my item, which resulted in putting unpaid item on my account, he replied to me:

    Hello.You take the responsibility about import permits and custom clearance when you make an order, we are just sellers.We are not responsible for situations when buyer can not proceed

    custom clearance.Thank you!

    Firstly: Then, I am now completely anxious about receiving my order. I would think that sellers/eBay owner should have had prior knowledge of whether import permits are allowed in my country or not. Or otherwise, they should not have listed that there is shipping to Yemen in items. 

    Secondly: What should I have done if I'd received my item since I would be in confusion between whether the defect in seller since he didn't send my item, or if the defect in my local custom clearance. I.e. How could be able to know if my item was really shipped to Yemen, however, it is stuck/held in the import permits and custom department?

    Thirdly: I really have received many admissions offer letters issued by  some UK universities.  That admissions offer letters were shipped to my country  in reliability about three five years ago. However, when applying for the course that I granted an admissions offer for, I typed in **the personal number of P.O.B.**Although the personal number of P.O.B is not mine, but for a university  I work at, the letter was received in the same address(City, University, the postal department at the university).

    As a result, I'd insist on saying  that P.O.B is the only best way to identify the right place of a recipient.

    Moreover, when I 'mentioned mobile phone numbers being of importance', I am expecting thatany recipients(local post office or Even other third-party recipients) in my country will call on the intended recipient's mobile phone number printed on the package in case the intended recipient didn't ask about this product when received.

    Finally: depending on what I said above, Yes, it is good idea **'it sounds to me like your name and mobile number should be placed into the address field.  This would get it printed onto the label on the package'.**But as you may know there is  'phone number' field in the delivery address, do you think when typing in the 'phone number' field my phone(Landline) number or even my mobile phone, then this would NOT get it printed onto the label on the package'

      You'll have to decide how badly you want the LightScribe feature.  It may be very hard to get this feature with everything else and shipping to Yemen. 

    It is not important for me that LightScribe feature is in the BlueRay drive. However, I wish that I could find any. As long as I purchase a BlueRay drive, I would like to get all new features included in it.

    I tried looking for LightScribe dv6-6000 BD-R/RE Writer/Burner blu ray , but zero results returned

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-01T02:59:14+00:00

    Could you pleae answer my final questions here to proceed to purchasing on eBay.com or not?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-02T04:50:00+00:00

    I contacted the seller of some item I have begun to purchase. However, I didn't complete the process, although there is shipping to Yemen listed under the item. (I didn't pay for my item since I've been afraid of that the major political upheaval happening in Yemen right now will not let things be shipped in reliability). So, when contacting the seller clarify for him why I have not paid for my item, which resulted in putting unpaid item on my account, he replied to me:

    Hello.You take the responsibility about import permits and custom clearance when you make an order, we are just sellers.We are not responsible for situations when buyer can not proceed

    custom clearance.Thank you!

    Firstly: Then, I am now completely anxious about receiving my order. I would think that sellers/eBay owner should have had prior knowledge of whether import permits are allowed in my country or not. Or otherwise, they should not have listed that there is shipping to Yemen in items. 

        Yes, the sellers normally know little/nothing about the international shipping situations in individual countries, and simply ship the item to the address given.  This would be an issue from any vendor (on eBay or not) claiming to ship to Yemen.

        Generally, here in the US, imports always make it to their intended destinations as long as they are not "controlled substances" (e.g. drugs and firearms).  I can't find any reliable information on the web about your country's import policy.  I strongly recommend that you talk to someone in your postal system, and/or to someone already receiving imported parts to resolve any potential customs issues, to get these questions answered conclusively.

    Secondly: What should I have done if I'd received my item since I would be in confusion between whether the defect in seller since he didn't send my item, or if the defect in my local custom clearance. I.e. How could be able to know if my item was really shipped to Yemen, however, it is stuck/held in the import permits and custom department?

        Most shippers are wise enough to do some sort of tracking on the package so that they can prove that they indeed sent it and it reached the destination Post Office.  If the seller is armed with this information, you would probably simply be out of the money if customs confiscated the item, or it got lost in your postal system.  On the other hand, in absence of this information, any dispute would probably be resolved in the favor of the buyer (causing the seller to take a loss), which is why some "worldwide shippers" exclude certain countries that they have found to be unreliable (or are suspicious of).

    Thirdly: I really have received many admissions offer letters issued by  some UK universities.  That admissions offer letters were shipped to my country  in reliability about three five years ago. However, when applying for the course that I granted an admissions offer for, I typed in **the personal number of P.O.B.**Although the personal number of P.O.B is not mine, but for a university  I work at, the letter was received in the same address(City, University, the postal department at the university).

    As a result, I'd insist on saying  that P.O.B is the only best way to identify the right place of a recipient.

    Moreover, when I 'mentioned mobile phone numbers being of importance', I am expecting thatany recipients(local post office or Even other third-party recipients) in my country will call on the intended recipient's mobile phone number printed on the package in case the intended recipient didn't ask about this product when received.

        I agree with you; this makes the P.O.B. sound quite important.

    Finally: depending on what I said above, Yes, it is good idea **'it sounds to me like your name and mobile number should be placed into the address field.  This would get it printed onto the label on the package'.**But as you may know there is  'phone number' field in the delivery address, do you think when typing in the 'phone number' field my phone(Landline) number or even my mobile phone, then this would NOT get it printed onto the label on the package

        The phone number may get printed onto the label from the "Phone number" field.  I was just suggesting that if it was used as a method of identification and announcement of arrival, and you didn't have an actual address to supply, that it might be better than an empty (or redundant) Street Address field.

    It is not important for me that LightScribe feature is in the BlueRay drive. However, I wish that I could find any. As long as I purchase a BlueRay drive, I would like to get all new features included in it.

    I tried looking for LightScribe dv6-6000 BD-R/RE Writer/Burner blu ray , but zero results returned

        I tried some other search terms, and it seems like that combination of features is not popular at all, at least for drives labeled as being for your laptop.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-04T11:47:01+00:00

    Yes, the sellers normally know little/nothing about the international shipping situations in individual countries, and simply ship the item to the address given.  This would be an issue from any vendor (on eBay or not) claiming to ship to Yemen.

        Generally, here in the US, imports always make it to their intended destinations as long as they are not "controlled substances" (e.g. drugs and firearms).  I can't find any reliable information on the web about your country's import policy.  I strongly recommend that you talk to someone in your postal system, and/or to someone already receiving imported parts to resolve any potential customs issues, to get these questions answered conclusively.

        Most shippers are wise enough to do some sort of tracking on the package so that they can prove that they indeed sent it and it reached the destination Post Office.  If the seller is armed with this information, you would probably simply be out of the money if customs confiscated the item, or it got lost in your postal system.  On the other hand, in absence of this information, any dispute would probably be resolved in the favor of the buyer (causing the seller to take a loss), which is why some "worldwide shippers" exclude certain countries that they have found to be unreliable (or are suspicious of).

     I agree with you; this makes the P.O.B. sound quite important.

    Thank you so much indeed for your sincerely help.

    Using the expedited Mail Service(E.M.S), someday I deposited envelope containing some documents and a letter of appeal to appeal a reconsideration in processing my application form since I felt that my candidature was not assessed properly.

    That file was sent from Yemen to Poland  by expedited Mail Service(E.M.S).

    The steps I followed as follows::

    Firstly: I wrote the Addressee's information:

    SALAM Coordinating Team

    Uniwersytet Warszawski

    Biuro Współpracy z Zagranicą

    Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28

    00-927 Warszawa, Poland

    e-mail: ******@uw.edu.pl

    Secondly: I wrote the sender's information:(ME)

    Mr. Mohammad Awadh Aeidh Lardhi.

    Seiyun-Hadramawt, Yemen.

    Email:

    HP: 00967-770151651

    June 14, 2013

    Thirdly: after I've paid the E.M.S fee, I was given the receipt of E.M.S Item. On that receipt, there was the item number. I used this website http://www.post.ye, and  with that number, I could have been tracking my EMS shipment online since it was sent from the branch of post office in my city(Seyoun), then to the head post office in the capital city of Yemen(Sana'a). When my item got received by the head post office. Also, it took some days at the capital city moving from place to another.(As shown in the screen shot below). Then, when my item was arrived in  Poland, It took some time moving from place to another until it was arrived at the the intended destination which is: Uniwersytet Warszawski.(When I was tracking my item at that time, there were information on that table once the item just was arrived in Poland until it was arrived at the intended place, but I don't know why there are now no information about Poland's locations) I think since the item had been sent in 2013, the site was updated. However, I am still surprised why only there are still information about the Item while it was in Yemen, although the item was sent about two years ago.

    I hope you can be able to  see the information on those screen shots below well to understand me well.

    So, that way is a little bit perfect since the item's owner will still be able to track his item with its number since it was sent from the first station till the final destination(station).

    I gave that scenario to only let you understand me what is going on my mind, then I ask my question below:

    Firstly: If the seller at eBay.com would give me the number of an item I purchase, and a website via which I can track my item shipped, it would be a little bit perfect. So, I will be able to track my item to see where it may be stuck(in the country from which it was sipped, or in Yemen).

    Even if I had selected 'expedited international shipping' while purchasing an item at eBay.com, I would not be able to online track my item shipped via the service 'expedited international shipping' like the way I tracked my expedited Mail Service(EMS) shipment(sent from Yemen to Poland) online.

    In your 3rd paragraph, you mentioned mobile phone numbers being of importance, and that specific places of delivery are involved.  If this is how mail is delivered in your country, it sounds to me like your name and mobile number should be placed into the address field.  This would get it printed onto the label on the package.  All I know about your country's postal system is what you tell me, and then I can only make educated guesses based on our system in the US.  I'm sure you could get much better information on this subject from postal employees in your country and your HP agent who is dealing with both imports and local shipments.

    The phone number may get printed onto the label from the "Phone number" field.  I was just suggesting that if it was used as a method of identification and announcement of arrival, and you didn't have an actual address to supply, that it might be better than an empty (or redundant) Street Address field.

        NOTE: The name at eBay.com has its own filed called ', and the address has its one field called 'street address' which is mandatory as well.  Also, the phone number has its own filed 'Phone number' which is mandatory.

    So, my questions are:

    Firstly: If I wrote my mobile  number, and my name on the street address, and left the contact name empty, thus I got error. So, I had to only write the mobile number on the address field.

    Secondly: You think that the contact name, street address(in my case mobile number), phone number, city, province, and country all would be got printed onto the package? 

    I can't find any reliable information on the web about your country's import policy.  I strongly recommend that you talk to someone in your postal system, and/or to someone already receiving imported parts to resolve any potential customs issues, to get these questions answered conclusively.

    Firstly: I called some users working at head post office in Yemen, however, they didn't give me exact answer, They said sometime the shipment is lost while it was arrived in Yemen, however, in some other times it is arrived to the owner/buyer properly. This is not exact answer on which I can relying on. This let me also be quite confused. When I continue asking where it can be lost,/stuck, they didn't give me any answer. Also, why might item be lost? They told for unspecified reasons. I told them even if I have item number with which I can track the item online, they told me even with that thing, they cannot guarantee that the item will be 100 present arrived to the owner/buyer.

    Finally: If seller told me that my item was shipped to Yemen. However, I didn't receive it. Also, no one in Yemen called me to tell me that my item was received to Yemen, and it is being stuck in the customs department due to a specific customs issue. Thus, I, myself, how to know if my item is being stuck in the customs department. So, I will only have one choice which that I will complain against the seller or vendor (eBay.com) to either send/ship another similar product/item to me c****ompensation for the first one I've not received, or refund my money. I'll will have the right to do that or not?

    It is not important for me that LightScribe feature is in the BlueRay drive. However, I wish that I could find any. As long as I purchase a BlueRay drive, I would like to get all new features included in it.

    I tried looking for LightScribe dv6-6000 BD-R/RE Writer/Burner blu ray , but zero results returned

        I tried some other search terms, and it seems like that combination of features is not popular at all, at least for drives labeled as being for your laptop.

    I would be saying that my HP existing DVD drive has this feature. Why do you think that BD-R/RE wirter Bruner Blueray doesn't have lightscribe. I've not seen any Blueray with lightscribe at all.

    My existing Optical drive is: LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support,

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