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About a while ago I ran chkdsk to check and recover bad sectors and fix system files and it then froze at 43% on stage 5 of 5. I left it on through out the night and I went to school and came back it was still at 43%. I then manually shut down the computer and ever since I have been trying to fix the problem. It was the second time I ran chkdsk on this pc while having windows 7 I usually run chkdsk every month or so to make sure everything is functioning right. After my problem occured I have tried so many things i have ran spinrite,I have reinstalled windows, I have tried to run chkdsk on safe mode, I have tried sfc/scannow, and chkdsk /p and all of these things did not fix the problem. Chkdsk /p was the only thing that didnt even try to fix anything because it said invalid parameter. Also when I reinstalled windows 7 on my pc then chkdksk froze at 49% on stage 5 of 5. I even ran diagnostics from the bios and I use Seagate Seatools and both diagnostics said my hard drive was perfectly fine. I also tried running chkdsk from the windows 7 cd and for some reason it completed in less than 2 hours. I then ran chkdsk from the pc and it then froze again this made me think that there had to be something wrong with my pc. So I was wondering how can I get chkdsk to complete perfectly from my pc again instead of using the windows 7 cd each time.
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OK, here is the link the the article: Windows 7 - How to repair Bad Sectors reported by chkdsk
http://www.pagestart.com/win7chkdskbs01.html
Read it first and post any questions you may have before you start.
JS
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Actually yes I do have a Windows XP the only problem is it might take me a while to look through my cds to find that Windows XP cd because I have a while without using it. I will try my best to find it hopefully by the end of today I should find that cd.
But I would still like for you to send me the steps while I find that cd. If I dont find it I will ask a good friend of mine to lend me it.
Yep,
Contacted Perfect Disk, they did not have a solution.
Search the web a looked at and tested some utilities, no luck here either.
But I do have a potientially workable solution and will simulated you partition issue.
However the solution requires the use of a Windows XP installation cd (doesn't matter what service pack, do need a product key, just a Retail version of XP. Let me know if you have one and if you do then I'll take the time to test and document "All" the steps that need to be done.
It will most likely take me longer to test and document these steps then it will take you to implement the process so please allow me some time.
So first question: Do you have a retail Windows XP cd or do you know a friend that has one (no keycode required) as XP will not be installed.
JS
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Hey have you discovered anything new? Have you found a program that can do a full format? Also did you contact Partition Wizard yet?
I haven't found one yet that indicates that is does a full format. There are some Linux utilities that handle NTFS but as to how it changes the Master Boot Record (MBR) could be a potential problem.
Assuming you had no errors with filling all the sectors I guess it can't hurt to expand the Windows partition into the previously identified area containing the bad block.
I May need to contact Partition Wizard to see if they know something I don't.
JS
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