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How much longer is this disk check going to take?

  • 09-07-2011 11:51am
    #1
    ryanch09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭


    Hey all having problems with my computer being INCREDIBLY slow so i went ahead and decided to do a disk check..its the one included with windows that runs on boot. I read online that it should take about 5-6 hours for a 500gb hard drive. But my hard drive is 320gb and the disk check has been going on since 3 yesterday afternoon and its showing Stage 4 of 5 and 11% done.....would i be as well off to just cancel it and are there any programs out there to make this process faster? And in case your wondering the exact issue its the hardware interrupts process using up 100% cpu so if ye have any ideas please do let me know :)


Comments

  • #2
    Big Lar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    Lots of errors on your HDD is the most likely cause of the slow check.


  • #3
    ImpossibleDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭ImpossibleDuck


    Yeah they take AGES if you're computer's running badly. Just give it time :)


  • #4
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    I had to leave an XP machine with a 40GB disk running chkdsk from the recovery console run overnight.


  • #5
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Lol, your drive is going dead fast. No way a disk check takes that long on anything healthy. I can't wait to see the size when its done.


  • #6
    ryanch09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭ryanch09


    yeah thought there was definetly going to be problem didnt think there would be this many though....


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  • #7
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    If you run a bad sector check it can take a very long time indeed.


  • #8
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    ryanch09 wrote: »
    And in case your wondering the exact issue its the hardware interrupts process using up 100% cpu

    Wut?

    What gave you that indication?


  • #9
    ryanch09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭ryanch09


    Jumpy wrote: »
    Wut?

    What gave you that indication?

    I downloaded process explorer and its a sub-process under the system process. The scans finally finished anyway and no bad sectors found. And it didnt solve the problem but I managed to fix it. Turns out the whole time it was a hardware conflict problem so just had to reinstall the conflicting hardware and problem solved!


  • #10
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    ryanch09 wrote: »
    I downloaded process explorer and its a sub-process under the system process. The scans finally finished anyway and no bad sectors found. And it didnt solve the problem but I managed to fix it. Turns out the whole time it was a hardware conflict problem so just had to reinstall the conflicting hardware and problem solved!

    Hardware conflict? I haven't see one of them in 10 years.


  • #11
    ryanch09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭ryanch09


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    ryanch09 wrote: »
    I downloaded process explorer and its a sub-process under the system process. The scans finally finished anyway and no bad sectors found. And it didnt solve the problem but I managed to fix it. Turns out the whole time it was a hardware conflict problem so just had to reinstall the conflicting hardware and problem solved!

    Hardware conflict? I haven't see one of them in 10 years.

    yeah well this computers had every other sort of problem in its life so far so it was only a matter of time! xD :P


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