Windows 10: CHKDSK freeze

This is not strictly a BSOD. It is a solid freeze. Ctrl-Alt-Del does not break it. I have to power off.
It happens when I run this:

rem chk.btm
rem /F =full chkdsk repair. /R = surface check. /B = reevaluate bad clusters
rem Put drives first that require reboot. We can deal with them quickly.


chkdsk C: /F /B /R
chkdsk E: /F /B /R
chkdsk F: /F /B /R
chkdsk D: /F /B /R
chkdsk H: /F /B /R


rem -30-

The chkdsks that run without reboot work fine. The one's deferrred to reboot hang about 11% through.


C: through F: are SSD. H: is hard disk.
Windows 10. This worked fine with Windows 7.

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CHKDSK Freezes in Win10

Since upgrading to Win10, I needed to run CHKDSK and in just froze at 2% This is an older laptop which had Vista, had a clean upgrade to Win7 and then a upgrade to 10.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Jeff Z

 

CHKDSK Freezes in Win10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you try the following steps and see if it helps:

Method 1: System File Checker.

• Press Windows key + X and click on
  Command Prompt (Admin). Kindly provide the administrative password, if prompt appears.
• Type “sfc /scannow” and hit Enter.
• Exit Command Prompt.

For more information about SFC Scan, click on the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

(Steps for Windows 8.1 also applicable for Windows 10)

Method 2: Run the Disk Defragmenter.

Click on the link below and run the disk defragmenter by following the steps in the article.

Improve performance by optimizing your drive

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/improve-performance-optimizing-hard-drive

(also applicable for Windows 10)

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,

 

Hi RoedyGreen,

You only have to use the /B parameter, /B includes /R where /R includes /F

It is normal that chkdsk 'hangs' at around 5-20%, it'll spontaniously finish after giving it some time to do its job.

 

I waited for perhaps 10 minutes with no progress. How long do you have to wait?

 

It depends on the size of the partition and how much chkdsk has to do, it could take several hours for chkdsk to finish.
~15 minutes is enough for me on 1 of my SSD partitions that is quite small and does not have much data on it.

 

Thanks. What sort of nitwits would present a progress meter then stall it to simuate a crash.