Scandisk gets stuck. What the crap?

[Superman]

Ok, so when I run Scandisk it gets all the way up to the last test and then gets stuck at 39%. I left it for a few hours like that, and it seems to be genuinely stuck. I get the exact same thing when I run the feature from other programs like TuneUp Utilities. Safemode also doesn't seem to help it.

Any ideas?

[Dominus Atheos]

Try running it at bootup time before any programs start. To do that, open a command prompt and type:

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chkdsk /f

And that will schedule it to run at next boot. Then restart your computer.

[Superman]

Open a command prompt before Windows boots up?

[Dominus Atheos]

Open a command prompt before Windows boots up?

No, open a command prompt in windows, then type that code, then the next time you boot the computer it will run automatically. Sorry for not being clear.

[starslayer]

No. While Windows is running, open a command prompt (type 'cmd' in run or look it up under accessories in the start menu), type "chkdsk /f," and restart your computer.

[Superman]

Roger that!

Ok, I restarted and it ran the test. Windows started normally after that. Was it supposed to give me the result?

[Vendetta]

The results will be in the event log (Application log, I think, in an event with the source "WinLogon").

[Superman]

Not seeing anything. :S

[Dominus Atheos]

Roger that!

Ok, I restarted and it ran the test. Windows started normally after that. Was it supposed to give me the result?

If it didn't find anything wrong, it wouldn't give a result. Most likely your computer is fine and it's just a program interfering with the scandisk process. If you want to make sure, you could try running in safe mode and see if it still gets stuck.

[Big Phil]

I recently had the reverse problem - ScanDisk running at startup froze at 11%, but running it within Windows allowed it to succeed. Try running it on startup if it's freezing within the OS, and within the OS if it's freezing at startup.