CHKDSK time....

Hi there,

My Sony Vaio started a CHKDSK approx 24 hrs ago and is 11% of stage 4 of 5...is this normal?

Thx

David

In my opinion it is taking to much time but that is cause by finding bad clusters.

You don't state what kind of drive you are testing.

If it was my computer I would stop the test and try to back up the data on the drive before it quiets completely.

Then go shopping for a new drive.

My thoughts and my thoughts alone are if their is any doubt whether a drive is good I replace them.

Hang in there because their are others that might have a better idea.

Most anything is possible.

Why would you want to install any thing on a drive that just might be dieing?

If your drive is going bad their is nothing that will fix it in my opinion.
Make sure you get your data and operating system backed up to a external storage device.

Here are a couple of tutorial to read that should give guidance.

By Brink:
Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup


By whs
Imaging with free Macrium

When bad clusters are found on a drive its generally a one way ticket, this is a sign that your drive is failing