CHKDSK Hangs - HELP

[Bilbo]

XP SP2 wants to check C: (NTFS) for consistency;

When allowed, it passes file verification,
passes index checks
then starts recovering orphaned files.
lists:

_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-19 (40613) into directory file 40568

CHKDSK then hangs; disk i/o light is on pretty solid.

If file verification is denied, system appears to boot and run pretty
normally.

Is there a way to recover this?

Thx,

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Run CHKDSK in XP Recovery Console:
Set pc BIOS to boot from CDROM. Place XP CD in drive. Reboot from the CD.
Select the first option R Repair/Recovery Console. Select your Windows
partition by number. Usually it is 1 . Login to XP with administrator
password. Then run CHKDSK /P from the command line.

Do keep in mind, if the registry hives are horked, then you have a whole different issue.

 

[Bilbo]

Thanks Maurice,
That seems to have gotten it back on track. There seem to be a few
application files that are hosed but they're recoverable. I'm
planning to run SFC as a hedge against Windows code corruption in the
file system.
Thanks again,
Bilbo