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Norton reports no viruses.<br />
Running scandisk from within Windows seems to work fine.<br />
No one else but the repairman has used my computer, so I presume no access-refusing policy has been set up. &nbsp;Thanks for your help.
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Norton reports no viruses.
Running scandisk from within Windows seems to work fine.
No one else but the repairman has used my computer, so I presume no access-refusing policy has been set up.  Thanks for your help.

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I use Windows ME on my laptop. &nbsp;When I had a problem, a technician said to open a DOS window and type chkdsk. He was dumbfounded when DOS responded &quot;access denied&quot;--also when I did it direct from c:\. &nbsp;I'm not on a network or anything. &nbsp;Any idea why this is happening and how to cure it? &nbsp;Thanks!
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I use Windows ME on my laptop.  When I had a problem, a technician said to open a DOS window and type chkdsk. He was dumbfounded when DOS responded "access denied"--also when I did it direct from c:\.  I'm not on a network or anything.  Any idea why this is happening and how to cure it?  Thanks!

chkdsk access denied

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.