chkdsk awfully slow....

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billurie

I run chkdsk/r to clean up incidental damage, like
after a system crash. I'm accustomed to how long it
takes, but today it took cloase to an hour to get
through Step 4, Verification of file data. About
twice the usual. Any clues a to where I can look
for possible reasons for slowdown?
 
You should boot to xp cd,recovery,select 1 for entry,press enter key for
password,then type:CHKDSK C: /R You'll find its faster.
 
You are used to how long it take to complete when there is not any major
corruption.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Did you run Disk CleanUp to remove Temporary Internet Files before
running chkdsk. That can help.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Richard said:
You are used to how long it take to complete when there is not any major
corruption.
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Richard, I repeated twice, there were no repairs made, so
presumably there is no major corruption, not a bunch of anything running
at the same time, especially since it's running chkdsk during start-up.
 
Gerry said:
Did you run Disk CleanUp to remove Temporary Internet Files before
running chkdsk. That can help.
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Yes on all counts.... Norton System Works cleanup,
and Disk Cleanup, and Defrag, and looked at utilizations....
 
Sorry! But just where did you say that in your original post, which is what
I responded to?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
Sorry! But just where did you say that in your original post, which is what
I responded to?
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Sorry, Richard. I forgot to say I did it 3 times and that
it turned up clean each time, but slower than I'm
accustomed to seeing it.
 
Andrew, could you expand that into more detailed
procedure? I normally go Start>>Run>>cmd,
then cd\ ....... chkdsk/r ......and then
Restart the system, so that it does chkdsk
when presumably nothing is running, and again
presumably, the fastest......
 
No need to give details, Andrew. I found it,
followed it. Does essentially same thing as "my way",
but tells a bit less about what it's doing.
Runs at same speed as "my way". Thanks.
 
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