Chkdsk Cannot Run Because The Volume Is In Use By Another Process – How To Fix It

 Are you the one who is looking for a solution to fix ‘Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process’? If yes, then you are in the right place. Chkdsk is an essential and understandable command-line utility that comes with every variant of Microsoft Windows. As its name suggests, its purpose is to “check” your “disk”.

If you want to do its work, Chkdsk needs exclusive or complete access to the disk that it wants to check. If it doesn’t do that then it shows an error message saying “Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process” is the result.

Illustrations:

Here’s the situation we’re talking about:

To check it yourself:

• Head over to a Windows Command Prompt as Administrator.
• Execute the command chkdsk, including either the “/f” (resolve filesystem information errors) or “/r” (repair disk physical errors) options.

As you can view the error, “Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process” is the result. The “other process”? Windows itself.

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