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jraju:
Hi, Shane I think that it denotes low level of hard disk failure. I request Shane to prescribe the correct diagnostic tool for this laptop
To the thread owner:
             Please arrange to copy all the important files before attempting anything as full hard disk failure will not be recoverable once it is totally failed.
              I think that there are more corrupt files and the disk is trying to repair each one and it takes much time to accomplish the task
                Since your computer is in working stage, i advise you to copy all the important files to external storages first
              You could use diagnostic tool from Toshiba, the link is here
http://storage.toshiba.com/storage-services-support/warranty-support/software-utilities

Averjane:
Thanks but The computer 12 hours Since my last post is still stuck In check disk at the same spot. Should I Abandon heck disk at this point?
I will not do so until I hear back from you.

 Again I am writing this from a different computer.

Shane:

--- Quote ---Currently, Chkdsk is verifying free space (Stage 5 of 5) .... 20 percent complete (3410049 od 42724796 free clusters) and it has been there for 18 hours with no outward signs of harddrive movement.- no harddrive light or sounds (just the fan sound).
--- End quote ---

Stage 5 is where it is checking for bad sectors. Where it reads and writes to every sector on the drive. When it stalls like that it is either because of bad memory (Which if it was bad memory then you would be locking up and blue screening a lot) or it hit a bad sector and cant get itself unstuck.

A bad sector check takes a long time because very sector on the drive is written to and then read from to test it. But if it hits a bad sector, normally chkdsk will be able to tell and move on. But if the drive itself is having a lot of problems then the drive isnt reporting correctly to chkdsk and why it gets stuck.

Get your data backed up as soon as you can. From the looks of it you have a bad hard drive. :wink:

Shane

jraju:
Hi,
                  I still think that averjane  left the diskchk in his computer and expecting replies to cure.
                            Shane, Shall I suggest him to power off the computer by holding the power button and then try to reboot. because, there is nothing he could do other than power off and reboot. Then if it boots, save files he needed from and then repair or replace the hard disk.
                      Shane, I am writing to you, as you may suggest whether any other alternative idea to power off could help him.
                               

Averjane:
I went ahead and abandoned the Check disk by pressing the power button. Luckily the computer booted back up to Windows fine. I am backing up my important files as suggested.

As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I did run the very brief Toshiba Diagnostic tool that came on my laptop &  it gave the Harddrive a "Pass".

My harddrive is a Toshiba MK3252GSX. The Toshiba website only has diagnostic hard drive tests for Fujitsu- branded harddrives.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a diagnostic hard drive test on a Toshiba (not Fujitsu) branded harddrive?

I tried to google a solution but am not coming up with anything. A couple of sites suggested trying the Hitachi drive fitness tool  WinDST ( from the download section of HGST, a Western Digital subsidiary) but I downloaded it & when I hit its search button (which is supposed to find compatible harddrives that it can test), it just shows a blank. I did note that the instructions that came with it said "Please note, WinDFT is not designed to run on your primary operating drive"."

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