Guest dean7710@sbcglobal.net Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 I booted the Windows XP CD, and went into the Recovery Console. I started chkdsk with the /r option, and it's taking a very long time. I unsuccessfully tried to stop chkdsk with cntrl-C, cntrl-Z, and cntrl- alt-del. The computer does not have a reset button. How can I interrupt/stop chkdsk? Thanks, Dean
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Interrupting chkdsk from recovery console? <dean7710@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1185462443.932450.242720@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >I booted the Windows XP CD, and went into the Recovery Console. I > started chkdsk with the /r option, and it's taking a very long time. > > I unsuccessfully tried to stop chkdsk with cntrl-C, cntrl-Z, and cntrl- > alt-del. > The computer does not have a reset button. > > How can I interrupt/stop chkdsk? > > Thanks, > Dean > You can pull the mains plug to stop this process but I would not recommend this because you might end up with a totally thrashed disk.
Guest dean7710@sbcglobal.net Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Interrupting chkdsk from recovery console? On Jul 26, 11:04 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > <dean7...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > > news:1185462443.932450.242720@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > >I booted the Windows XP CD, and went into the Recovery Console. I > > started chkdsk with the /r option, and it's taking a very long time. > > > I unsuccessfully tried to stop chkdsk with cntrl-C, cntrl-Z, and cntrl- > > alt-del. > > The computer does not have a reset button. > > > How can I interrupt/stop chkdsk? > > > Thanks, > > Dean > > You can pull the mains plug to stop this process but I would > not recommend this because you might end up with a > totally thrashed disk. Yeah, I definitely want to avoid turning the computer off. Because the chkdsk has been running since yesterday 6pm (about 17 hrs), I suspect a hardware problem, and would like to end the chkdsk and do some diagnostics on the power supply, memory, and see if smart drive is enabled. Unfortunately, If there's no way to interrupt, I'll have to let it run. Chkdsk does seem like it's functioning (hard drive light active, hard drive making normal accessing sounds), but it's been stuck at 75% for about the last 15 hrs. This dell pentium 4 computer is over 5 years old, and the hard drive could very well be getting ready to fail completely. If chkdsk doesn't finish after 24 or more hours, I'm considering powering down the computer.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Interrupting chkdsk from recovery console? <dean7710@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1185467489.578546.261090@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 26, 11:04 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: >> <dean7...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >> >> news:1185462443.932450.242720@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >I booted the Windows XP CD, and went into the Recovery Console. I >> > started chkdsk with the /r option, and it's taking a very long time. >> >> > I unsuccessfully tried to stop chkdsk with cntrl-C, cntrl-Z, and cntrl- >> > alt-del. >> > The computer does not have a reset button. >> >> > How can I interrupt/stop chkdsk? >> >> > Thanks, >> > Dean >> >> You can pull the mains plug to stop this process but I would >> not recommend this because you might end up with a >> totally thrashed disk. > > Yeah, I definitely want to avoid turning the computer off. > > Because the chkdsk has been running since yesterday 6pm (about 17 > hrs), I suspect a hardware problem, and would like to end the chkdsk > and do some diagnostics on the power supply, memory, and see if smart > drive is enabled. Unfortunately, If there's no way to interrupt, I'll > have to let it run. Chkdsk does seem like it's functioning (hard drive > light active, hard drive making normal accessing sounds), but it's > been stuck at 75% for about the last 15 hrs. > > This dell pentium 4 computer is over 5 years old, and the hard drive > could very well be getting ready to fail completely. If chkdsk doesn't > finish after 24 or more hours, I'm considering powering down the > computer. > I would do much the same. To find out if this is a file system problem or a hardware problem, download and run the free diagnostic program that your disk manufacturer makes available on his web site.
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