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Chkdsk /r still on stage 1 after overnight

  • 28-05-2018 12:46pm
    #1
    quinnd6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭


    I started a chkdsk /r on a laptop drive last night to try fix some errors on the drive using a Windows 8 dvd I downloaded from Microsoft as I couldn't boot windows normally. I used command prompt and chkdsk /r.
    It's been running over 12 hours and is still on stage 1 at 44%.
    A huge number of file record segments are unreadable.
    What would be the best way of stopping it because it looks like it will never stop?
    I wasn't expecting the drive to be that badly damaged. It shouldn't take that long on 500gb drive really.


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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    CTRL-C may function as an escape in the Chkdsk booter (DOS).


    That drive is knackered. Check SMART to confirm realloc/failed alloc sector counts out the wazoo.


  • #3
    quinnd6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭quinnd6


    Ctrl + c doesn't work.
    Any other ideas?
    I suppose the harddrive is so badly damaged that it really doesn't matter if I shut it down
    It's at 56% of stage one with an ETA of 999 hours.


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Going that slowly its asking the drive for the same sector 1000 times then maybe writing it once, odds are if you force it down you won't interrupt a write.


  • #5
    quinnd6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭quinnd6


    Chkdsk actually gave up with an error 3 hours after that.
    Drive is banjaxed.
    New drive ordered.
    Thanks folks.


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