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- 2015.09.16. 14:36
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Unable to lock disk for exclusive use - Access is denied
- Replies: 5
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Re: Unable to lock disk for exclusive use - Access is denied
Windows had been running CHKDSK every time the machine booted, but it would never complete properly - CHKDSK would hang (no longer show any indication of progress) after about 2 minutes (I let it sit for over an hour). That's what prompted me to want to try HD Sentintel. I initiated a Disk Check fro...
- 2015.09.15. 17:29
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Unable to lock disk for exclusive use - Access is denied
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15582
Unable to lock disk for exclusive use - Access is denied
Just purchased HD Sentinel Pro, trying to run a read+WRITE+read test on a drive, getting this error: "Unable to lock disk for exclusive use. Error: 5 Access is denied" Disk is a Western Digital 1T disk with 2 basic NTFS partitions, one houses all my DATA, the other stores BACKUPS. Operatin...