How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

[Guest void.no.spam.com@gmail.com]

If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

chkdsk from the recovery console.

 

What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

gracefully in that situation?

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

 

<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

> minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

> do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

> chkdsk from the recovery console.

>

> What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

> scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

> gracefully in that situation?

 

Try a control-C.

 

And if you're concerned about that, have the UPS sending shutdown signals to

the PC and be sure it is large enough to run the system for long enough.

 

AS well, note that monitors can draw a lot of power from a UPS and it's not

necessarily a good idea to plug them in there.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

 

 

<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

> minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

> do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

> chkdsk from the recovery console.

>

> What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

> scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

> gracefully in that situation?

 

AIUI, both chkdsk and defrag always leave the disk such that the process can

be picked up again if it is suddenly terminated.

[Guest John John]

Re: How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

 

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>>If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

>>minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

>>do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

>>chkdsk from the recovery console.

>>

>>What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

>>scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

>>gracefully in that situation?

>

>

> AIUI, both chkdsk and defrag always leave the disk such that the process can

> be picked up again if it is suddenly terminated.

 

Bad idea to stop a chkdsk in progress and the only reason that chkdsk

starts again is beacause the dirty bit is still set on the volume that

it was checking. Chkdsk won't know where it was last interupted, it

will start again without knowing what was previously checked.

 

John

[Guest John John]

Re: How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

 

void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:

> If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

> minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

> do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

> chkdsk from the recovery console.

>

> What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

> scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

> gracefully in that situation?

 

Other than pressing the restart button on the computer I know of no way

to stop Chkdsk while it is in progress. You can try Patrick's

suggestion (Ctrl+C) but I believe that only works on defrag, not on Chkdsk.

 

Anyone using Chkdsk would be well advised to follow the information

given by Microsoft:

 

 

Before running Chkdsk to repair a volume

 

Before running Chkdsk to repair a volume, you must do the following:

 

* Back up key data files, or make sure that you have a known good backup.

 

* Be prepared to let the Chkdsk process complete.

 

If you use the /f or /r parameter on a large volume (for example, 70 GB)

or on a volume with a very large number of files (in the millions),

Chkdsk can take a long time to complete. The volume is not available

during this time because Chkdsk does not relinquish control until it is

done. If a volume is being checked during the startup process, the

computer is not available until the Chkdsk process is complete.

 

Chkdsk does not include parameters that let you cancel the Chkdsk

process; however, when you run Chkdsk you can specify parameters that

shorten the process. For more information about minimizing downtime

during Chkdsk, see “Reducing the Time Required to Run Chkdsk on NTFS

Volumes” later in this chapter.

 

[end quote]

 

Troubleshooting Disks and File Systems

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx

 

There is *always* a risk of data loss when Chkdsk is run. In certain

circumstances (when no backup of important files exists) it may be

preferable to attempt to recover or backup files before running Chkdsk.

Stopping a Chkdsk in progress significantly increases the already

present risk of data loss.

 

John

[Guest philo]

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> > <void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> >>If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

> >>minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

> >>do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

> >>chkdsk from the recovery console.

> >>

> >>What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

> >>scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

> >>gracefully in that situation?

> >

> >

> > AIUI, both chkdsk and defrag always leave the disk such that the process

can

> > be picked up again if it is suddenly terminated.

>

> Bad idea to stop a chkdsk in progress and the only reason that chkdsk

> starts again is beacause the dirty bit is still set on the volume that

> it was checking. Chkdsk won't know where it was last interupted, it

> will start again without knowing what was previously checked.

>

> John

>

 

 

I agree.

under no circumstances would I terminate a chkdsk /f operation

 

I'd make sure the UPS can hold power

[Guest void.no.spam.com@gmail.com]

Re: How to cancel a CHKDSK /F in progress?

 

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> > >>If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

> > >>minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out.  How

> > >>do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process?  Let's say I'm running the

> > >>chkdsk from the recovery console.

>

> > >>What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

> > >>scheduled it to run during a restart?  Would it be possible to stop it

> > >>gracefully in that situation?

>

> > > AIUI, both chkdsk and defrag always leave the disk such that the process

> can

> > > be picked up again if it is suddenly terminated.

>

> > Bad idea to stop a chkdsk in progress and the only reason that chkdsk

> > starts again is beacause the dirty bit is still set on the volume that

> > it was checking.  Chkdsk won't know where it was last interupted, it

> > will start again without knowing what was previously checked.

>

> > John

>

> I agree.

> under no circumstances would I terminate a chkdsk /f operation

>

> I'd make sure the UPS can hold power

 

Seems like you would need to spend several hundred or even over a

thousand dollars for a UPS that can hold power for a few hours.

[Guest Bob I]

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>>>>>If I am doing a chkdsk /f, and the power goes out, I will have a few

>>>>>minutes to shut down the system before my UPS battery runs out. How

>>>>>do I gracefully stop the chkdsk process? Let's say I'm running the

>>>>>chkdsk from the recovery console.

>>

>>>>>What if I'm not doing it from the recovery console, but I had

>>>>>scheduled it to run during a restart? Would it be possible to stop it

>>>>>gracefully in that situation?

>>

>>>>AIUI, both chkdsk and defrag always leave the disk such that the process

>>

>>can

>>

>>>>be picked up again if it is suddenly terminated.

>>

>>>Bad idea to stop a chkdsk in progress and the only reason that chkdsk

>>>starts again is beacause the dirty bit is still set on the volume that

>>>it was checking. Chkdsk won't know where it was last interupted, it

>>>will start again without knowing what was previously checked.

>>

>>>John

>>

>>I agree.

>>under no circumstances would I terminate a chkdsk /f operation

>>

>>I'd make sure the UPS can hold power

>

>

> Seems like you would need to spend several hundred or even over a

> thousand dollars for a UPS that can hold power for a few hours.

 

If your electric supplier is that bad, a portable generator would be the

clear ticket.