CHKDSK Stuck at Step 4

[Minh.Doan.7]

When I do a chkdsk /F /R, it gets stuck at Step 4 - 0% and doesn't
proceed further. I have left it running 24 hours straight and still
no dice. Is there any other way to force the chkdsk to work, I'd even
consider a 3rd party tool to run through the HD and fix any errors on
it...

I know there's also the reformat option, but I'd rather leave that as
my absolute last option, since this was my data/music drive (200 Gig -
30 free) and there just isn't enough space on my other HD (30 Gig, 10
free) to move the data to prior to the reformat.

 

[db]

obviously you are
having serious issues
if you are thinking about
reformatting your hd.

a suggestion might be
to boot up with your
win cd, go to recovery
console and at the c prompt
run your chkdsk

the repair install method
is avail as well.

- db

When I do a chkdsk /F /R, it gets stuck at Step 4 - 0% and doesn't
proceed further. I have left it running 24 hours straight and still
no dice. Is there any other way to force the chkdsk to work, I'd even
consider a 3rd party tool to run through the HD and fix any errors on
it...

I know there's also the reformat option, but I'd rather leave that as
my absolute last option, since this was my data/music drive (200 Gig -
30 free) and there just isn't enough space on my other HD (30 Gig, 10
free) to move the data to prior to the reformat.

 

[Curt Christianson]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/en-us , and run chkdsk /r from there.

--
Curt

http://dundats.mvps.org/
http://www.aumha.org/


| When I do a chkdsk /F /R, it gets stuck at Step 4 - 0% and doesn't
| proceed further. I have left it running 24 hours straight and still
| no dice. Is there any other way to force the chkdsk to work, I'd even
| consider a 3rd party tool to run through the HD and fix any errors on
| it...
|
| I know there's also the reformat option, but I'd rather leave that as
| my absolute last option, since this was my data/music drive (200 Gig -
| 30 free) and there just isn't enough space on my other HD (30 Gig, 10
| free) to move the data to prior to the reformat.
|

 

[Rock]

When I do a chkdsk /F /R, it gets stuck at Step 4 - 0% and doesn't
proceed further. I have left it running 24 hours straight and still
no dice. Is there any other way to force the chkdsk to work, I'd even
consider a 3rd party tool to run through the HD and fix any errors on
it...

I know there's also the reformat option, but I'd rather leave that as
my absolute last option, since this was my data/music drive (200 Gig -
30 free) and there just isn't enough space on my other HD (30 Gig, 10
free) to move the data to prior to the reformat.

In addition to the other posts, download a drive diagnostic utility from the
hard drive manufacturer's web site. That will create a bootable floppy or
CD. Boot from that and run the diagnostics.