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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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OK, I've been doing some more research on this and I've come up with a way to get the maxium space available when you perform the shrink I requested. When your ready I'll post the step by step details and hopefully we can get rid if that check disk problem without having to resort to a dual-boot.
JS
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"Jose2010" wrote in message
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> On the 9.8GB partition is my last backup which is from February 7,
> 2010.
This is not a reply to your question, but just a comment on your
backup technique. If you are backing up things important to you to a
partition on your hard drive, you are playing with fire. That's the
weakest of all forms of backup, since it is always possible that a
hard drive crash, user error, nearby lightning strike, virus attack,
even theft of the computer, can cause the loss of everything on your
drive. As has often been said, it's not a matter of whether you will
have such a problem, but when. Backup should be to external media,
stored separately from the computer.
You might like to read this article on backup I wrote: "Back Up Your
Computer Regularly and Reliably" at
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=314
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Ken Blake
Try this for me.
Shrink the windows partition again, this time do not expand it just leave the space as unallocated.
How much space in GB is the unallocated?
JS
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Not good, should look like this:
Drive Label Name (C:) Backup Disk ( D:?)
101 MB 288.19 GB NTFS 9.80 NTFS
Healthy (System Reserved) Healthy (Boot, Page file, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition) Healthy (Primary Partition)
Did you ever use one of your backups to restore Windows 7 (What: Home, Pro, Ultimate).
The good news is you have a "Full" product and not an "Upgrade version".
I checking out for the night but read this:
Windows 7 - Dual Boot, Triple Boot, Quad Boot, Penta, Hexa, Hepta (7) Boot and beyond:
http://www.pagestart.com/win7heptaboot01.html
What I plan is to temporarly create a Dual-Boot configuration on your laptop. So you can do some up front prep work by saving any important files to external media. Downloading the Windows 7 drivers for your make and model from the PC manufacture's support web site and burn them to a CD/DVD. Any software you have installed, make sure you still have the media and product keys as they will need to be re-installed.
Also:
Windows 7 Compatibility Center
Check to see if your software application or hardware is on the list
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx
Hardware:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Default.aspx?type=Hardware
Software:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Default.aspx?type=software
Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals
(Download in Spreadsheet format - Revised Jan. 12th 2010)
JS
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