CHKDSK STALLS AT STAGE 4 WINDOWS

The scrolling box near the top contains the results of CHKDSK that scrolled past on the screen before Windows loaded. To make reading the results easier, just double-click on that Wininit line. In Event Viewer, click the ApplicationВ log under вЂњWindows LogsвЂќ.В Look for the line item that ends with Wininit (for Windows Initialization) and has вЂњChecking file system on C:вЂќ in the lower General tab. Run the Event Viewer by clicking Start, and then Run, (or type Windows Key + R). ThereвЂ™s no pause, and the information shown above disappears as soon as Windows starts to boot. Getting the results of a scheduled CHKDSKДЄ very common question is where to get the results of a CHKDSK that ran before Windows started.

Once completed, Windows will load normally. As the machine reboots, youвЂ™ll see something like this before Windows loads: If you attempt to CHKDSK your system drive, instead of getting the option to dismount it (not something that can be done while Windows is running), youвЂ™ll get aВ message offering to run the CHKDSK before Windows is loaded the next time you reboot.Д¬lick Schedule disk check. The solution is to run CHKDSK before Windows runs. If Windows is running, then by definition, it accesses the system drive nearly constantly. That presents a problem when you want to CHKDSK the system drive вЂ“ typically your C: drive. Remember how I said CHKDSK requires exclusive access to the drive in order to be able to repair it? And that even Windows canвЂ™t be accessing the disk? Any errors to be repaired would be listed here. вЂњSee detailsвЂќ displays a log of CHKDSKвЂ™s activity. ThatвЂ™s why the common advice is to close most programs when running CHKDSK, or at least make sure none can access the drive youвЂ™re about to check.Д¬lick Force a dismountВ and CHKDSK begins its work.Д®ventually, this is the message you hope to see: Programs may simply notice and do the right thing they may crash or something inbetween. If a program is actually accessing the drive or files on the drive about to be dismounted, the old вЂњresults are unpredictableвЂќ phrase applies. In general, the default setting is fine when you suspect there is a problem that needs to be fixed.Д¬lick Start, and you may get this message:Д¬HKDSK can only check or repair a disk when it is the only program using that disk even the rest of Windows cannot be accessing the disk while CHKDSK does its job. This is a more time-consuming scan of the disk that IвЂ™ll discuss below.

Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

If not checked, CHKDSK will simply report, but not fix, any problems that it finds. There are two options presented before CHKDSK begins its work: In the resulting dialog box, click the Tools tab. In Windows Explorer, right-click on the drive you want to check.Д¬lick Properties. The simplest usage of CHKDSK is on a drive that is not your system (Windows) drive. Regardless of its age or origins, CHKDSK is an important tool for disk maintenance and recovery (in some cases) from a variety of disk-related issues. Yet in other ways, itвЂ™s pretty much the same old disk checking utility that weвЂ™ve been using since the days of DOS. This utility has in some ways changed dramatically for new environments and new disk formats.

CHKDSK has been around since before the days of Windows.

Chkdsk stalls at stage 4