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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / April 2008Check Disc wont complete from "My Computer"
Hello: I tried running the check disc application from My Computer--Properties-->Tools-->Error-checking. It ran slow and only completed 3 of 4 phases of checking. I got a message from wimdows that Wimdows could not complete the check. I tried in Safe Mode as well. Didnt complete Why is that? TIA -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite 7.0.470.000 Is there another way to run such a check Phase 4: Checking sectors If the /R switch is in effect, CHKDSK runs a fourth pass to look for bad sectors in the volume's free space. CHKDSK attempts to read every sector on the volume to confirm that the sector is usable. Even without the /R switch, CHKDSK always reads sectors that are associated with metadata. Sectors that are associated with user data are read during earlier phases of CHKDSK if the /R switch is specified. When CHKDSK finds an unreadable sector, NTFS adds the cluster that contains that sector to its list of bad clusters. If the bad cluster is in use, CHKDSK allocates a new cluster to do the job of the bad cluster. If you are using a fault-tolerant disk, NTFS recovers the bad cluster's data and writes the data to the newly allocated cluster. Otherwise, the new cluster is filled with a pattern of 0xFF bytes. If NTFS encounters unreadable sectors during the course of normal operation, NTFS remaps the sectors in the same way that it does when CHKDSK runs. Therefore, using the /R switch is usually not essential. However, using the /R switch is a convenient way to scan the entire volume if you suspect that a disk might have bad sectors. Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835 Dealing with a bad sector can take a long time so extreme patience is the order of the day. If chkdsk deals with bad sectors you need to run chkdsk a day or so later to confirm that there are now no more. If there are more you should replace the hard disk. Before running chkdsk it helps to run Disk CleanUp.  SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Is there another way to run such a check Thanks Gerry. Would running defrag cut down on the number of errors and/or make the process of chkdsk go smoother? -Eli **************************************** > Phase 4: Checking sectors > If the /R switch is in effect, CHKDSK runs a fourth pass to look for bad [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> >> Is there another way to run such a check Eli No you run Disk Defragmenter after running Disk CkeanUp and Chkdsk. You might find HD Tune gives you a clearer picture of what is going on. HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any problems. Download and run it and see what it turns up. http://www.hdtune.com/ Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full surface scan with HD Tune. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks Gerry. > [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] >>> >>> Is there another way to run such a check Thanks again, Gerry. Yes. Id like futher clarification of some of the findings in CHKDSK regarding unused index entries. Which is pretty much all that is found I'll download and install HD Tune. But can you tell me how that HD Tune program is unistalled when I'm done using it? TIA: -Eli ********************************************* > Eli > [quoted text clipped - 93 lines] >>>> >>>> Is there another way to run such a check Thanks again. All that chkdsk found was some unused index entries. I'd like to run the HD Tune porgram. But can you tell mehow it can be unistalled after/or I no longer want to use it . Thanks: -Eli ****************************************************** > Eli > [quoted text clipped - 93 lines] >>>> >>>> Is there another way to run such a check Eli Uninstall HD Tune -Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs.eli wrote: SignatureHope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks again. > [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Is there another way to run such a check Hi again: Below are the results of that HD Tune up Readout Occasionally the temperature went a degree or two over 55 Celsius, triggering an alert. Not sure how to ensure lower temperatures consisntently, nor whether 55 Celsius is really the optimal cutoff. Suggestions on this? Also, as I mention below the: "(05) Reallocated Sector Count" was highlighted in yellow. Not sure how to interpret that. But all parameters, including temperature are marked: OK. The scan showed no damaged sectors. ***************************** HD Tune: IC35L080AVVA07-0 Health ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status (01) Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 60 0 Ok (02) Throughput Performance 147 147 50 268 Ok (03) Spin Up Time 97 97 24 19005713 Ok (04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 0 1476 Ok (05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 5 12 Ok (07) Seek Error Rate 100 100 67 0 Ok (08) Seek Time Performance 78 78 20 59 Ok (09) Power On Hours Count 97 97 0 27002 Ok (0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 60 0 Ok (0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 1476 Ok (C0) Power Off Retract Count 99 99 50 1476 Ok (C1) Load Cycle Count 99 99 50 1476 Ok (C2) Temperature 100 100 0 786487 Ok (C4) Reallocated Event Count 100 100 0 12 Ok (C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 Ok (C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 Ok (C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok Power On Time : 27002 Health Status : Ok ============================== (5)Reallocation Sector Count was in Yellow highlight. Temperature osciallted between 53-57 C > Eli > [quoted text clipped - 108 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there another way to run such a check Hi again, Gerry: I ran the HD Tune. Results copied below. "(05) Reallocated Sector Count" is highlighted in yellow. Not sure what to make of that. No damaged sectors found on scan. Also: Temperature shown for HD ranges between 53-58C. I don't know if this is serious or not. I had a new fan installed last sumer. But I know very little about hardware. The temperature shifts are not abrupt. If this is a serious concern, how would you suggest I go about addressing it? Is there a simple procedure I can ask a technician to do or install to keep the temperatures lower? Is there a corresponding newsgroup to post to about this? Do the allowable temperatures depend on the HD itself? Mine is: IC35L080AVVA07-0 which I believe is manufactured by IBM. ================ HD Tune: IC35L080AVVA07-0 Health ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status (01) Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 60 0 Ok (02) Throughput Performance 147 147 50 268 Ok (03) Spin Up Time 97 97 24 19005713 Ok (04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 0 1476 Ok (05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 5 12 Ok (07) Seek Error Rate 100 100 67 0 Ok (08) Seek Time Performance 78 78 20 59 Ok (09) Power On Hours Count 97 97 0 27002 Ok (0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 60 0 Ok (0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 1476 Ok (C0) Power Off Retract Count 99 99 50 1476 Ok (C1) Load Cycle Count 99 99 50 1476 Ok (C2) Temperature 100 100 0 786487 Ok (C4) Reallocated Event Count 100 100 0 12 Ok (C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 Ok (C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 Ok (C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok Power On Time : 27002 Health Status : Ok Thanks in advance: -eli ********************************************************* > Eli > [quoted text clipped - 108 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there another way to run such a check |
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