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Steel430:
Hi Folks,

Decided to give Tweaking.com's Windows Repair after seeing it recommended by MajorGeeks.com. Ran through the initial power down steps, etc., did a CHKDISK scan & it said there were errors. Before I went into the CHKDISK repair proper, I selected "yes" when it asked if I wanted to go into Safe Mode before continuing.

Rebooted my laptop and CHKDISK started its runthrough. The program says its "Scanning and Repairing Drive "C:": 28% Complete".  However it's stayed at 28% for an hour and fifteen minutes.

Is it actually supposed to take this long for checking one section? I've got an ASUS Q500 laptop running Windows 8. Thanks!

Boggin:
Was this a proper chkdsk with either a /f or /r parameter which could only be run on the next reboot before Windows was loaded ?

Running a chkdsk from within the program only runs it in read-only mode.

Open a Command Prompt (Admin) in normal mode then enter chkdsk /f

You'll be prompted to enter y for it to run on the next restart.

Enter shutdown /r /t 00 and wait for it to do its thing after the reboot.

You can read its log in Event Viewer by going Start - type eventvwr and press enter.

When it has read the data, expand Windows Logs - click on Action/Find then type chkdsk or wininit into the Find box and press enter.

Cancel the Find box then read the log in the scrollable window.

Let us know how that proceeds, but why did you feel the need to run the Windows Repair program ?

Steel430:
Your patience with the newbie is much appreciated.

I'm guessing to do what you mentioned, I'll have to turn off the laptop and turn it back on? It's still at 28%.

To answer your comments: "Was this a proper chkdsk with either a /f or /r parameter which could only be run on the next reboot before Windows was loaded?"  "Let us know how that proceeds, but why did you feel the need to run the Windows Repair program?"

I ran the repair program because I started with a scan and it said the disk had errors,  recommendingI run the repair program after giving me the option to go into Safe mode. I don't remember an /f or /r parameter being given.

Boggin:
CTRL+c may stop the chkdsk - otherwise just use the red cross to close the window and restart to get back into normal mode.

This is a known problem with chkdsk in read-only mode.

When it checks the drive and it happens to be checking a file that is currently being written to then it will repair an error when there isnt one.

This could be why it has stuck on 28%.

If you later did a chkdsk /f or /r and got no errors then you are good to go.

Steel430:
Sorry, should've been more clear on which screen I was on (I was about to ask what "red cross" you were talking about).

This disk check isn't happening when I'm still logged in, it's happening after the system rebooted but before the login screen appears.

I've attached a photo for a better example.

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