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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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Yesterday I wasnt able to try out your steps but today I had the time. I tried your steps but I am stuck at one part. When I deleted the Windows 7 partition for some reason that Unallocated space did not join the Unallocated Space which used to be Test. Is there anythin I can do. I was thinking of usin Partition Wizard but I want to get your thoughts on what to do first.
Just to let you know Disk Management is like this: System Reserved, What supposed to be Windows 7, Backup, Unallocated space which was Test.
All Windows files should be backed up, basically every folder and file on the Windows 7 partition,
Is there something I missed in the artical as to why you asked the question?
JS
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I have 1 question so far. Do you want the hidden files to also be part of the back up?
And also I really appreciate your hard work I dont know how long it will take me to post back results but I know I will attempt those steps for sure.
Approximately 35 numbered steps (The full format you did was just a test). You will also need to verify that the Acronis True Image backup matches what will be part of the article. Do not skip any of the steps and if you have questions post back after I publish the article. Better to be safe than sorry.
Should be finished by the end of the week, service tech will be back on Monday to hopefully put a permanant fix to my Internet access which means it will be down again for a while.
JS
Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.
