Error 993 Partition contains open files. Use the operating system check utility

erichan · 12-06-2005, 01:15 AM

Hi,
I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors on my drive C: using PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0.I thought running microsoft chkdsk can solve this problem but not workable.

What can I do? Is it possible that this is a hardware malfunction, like bad harddrive? Or is there any other way to fix it?

And is it possible, that my Windows XP has troubles from time to time to start-up because of this error message?What harms can this error pose to my PC?

I would appreciate every help I can get.

Camper · 12-06-2005, 02:03 AM

Here is some info i found using Google hopefully it helps.
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7087.html
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...f4aac3e091e167

12-06-2005, 01:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
erichan New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11	Error 993 Partition contains open files. Use the operating system check utility Hi, I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors on my drive C: using PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0.I thought running microsoft chkdsk can solve this problem but not workable. What can I do? Is it possible that this is a hardware malfunction, like bad harddrive? Or is there any other way to fix it? And is it possible, that my Windows XP has troubles from time to time to start-up because of this error message?What harms can this error pose to my PC? I would appreciate every help I can get.

12-06-2005, 02:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Camper Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: /dev/null Age: 22 Posts: 1,227	Here is some info i found using Google hopefully it helps. http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7087.html http://groups.google.com/group/micro...f4aac3e091e167 __________________ Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 Quad 3gb RAM Nvidia 8600 GT 500GB HD

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