hard drive - Is CHKDSK stalling?

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2014-07
  • user3079552

    I have a Lenovo Y510p running on Win8.1. I've tried running a CHKDSK on boot but power issues with the charger meant it died while it was running(11%).

    I tried SHIFT+F8 to try restarting into safe mode so I could cancel it but it still tried to run CHKDSK. The worse part is it's stuck at 11% again but the animated circling dots above the "Scanning and Repairing..." text isnt appearing. I know I should let it finish but I'm afraid is just froze.

    Is it still active? The y510p has no hdd indicator light so I have no idea, shouldn't those animated dots be appearing though? iI it did stall, is there another way to cancel it? To prevent CHKDSK from running on startup from here? Safe mode doesnt seem to work.

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  • harrymc

    Chkdsk can in some cases take hours. Boot, and let it run overnight before taking any other action. There are reports of it taking 24 hours to complete.

    It chkdsk still stalls, download the diagnostic tool from your hard drive manufacturer's web page and run it instead of chkdsk. If it completes, try chkdsk at boot again.