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CHKDISK Halting at 28% During Startup
Boggin:
The reason it cannot continue in read-only mode is because it has found corruption due to the 360 KBs in bad sectors - that isn't a false positive.
Open another Command Prompt (Admin) and enter chkdsk /r but you need to create a system image onto external media for when the HDD finally fails.
The chkdsk /r will repair what files it can while preventing any more data being written to those bad sectors.
Read its log after to see what it reports.
I once had a chkdsk /f report 8 KB of bad sectors but after restoring with a system image for another reason, a subsequent chkdsk /f came back clean.
I never understood that because hardware always trumps software,
A scan with the 30 day trial of HD Sentinel confirmed that the HDD was healthy.
You can download the trial version of it from http://www.hdsentinel.com/ by hitting the green download button then uninstall it after to stop the clock on it.
Steel430:
Thanks, I'll check out the HDSentinel when I can.
Ran a Chkdisk /r and I'm right back to it holding at 28% so I'll leave it running overnight.
Steel430:
Ok, ran a report and there were a few instances of "Read failure..." followed by "Windows replaced bad clusters in file..." and ended with "adding 4 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters file", Windows had made corrections to the file system and no further action was required.
I also downloaded HD Sentinel and found out I've got 410 days for my hard drive's estimated remaining lifetime, and while it had a 100% performance, it's health was at 52%, so that's good to know.
Boggin:
Once a HDD starts to fail, it can accelerate so I wouldn't take those ~13 months as gospel.
I'd pre-empt by creating a system image onto external media then get a new HDD.
You will need to change your boot order to be able to boot up with install media to get to the restore with an image option to put the image back onto the new HDD.
There's one good thing came out of running the pre-steps of WR and that is that you have been forewarned of a HDD failure rather than it coming out of the blue and losing all of your data.
Steel430:
I'd agree, and I do appreciate your time in this post and tips, especially with HD Sentinel.
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