Ever hear of a 4+ day chkdsk/scandisk?

[Ns1]

I didn't know it was possible until I did one. Started on a Thursday night, did not complete until Tuesday. Massive, MASSIVE problems.

However, now there's a significant number of files that can no longer be found.

Can somebody put 2+2 together for me?


//edit
Before that scandisk, files would not be accessable, nothing could be backed up, it was hell. Now, the drive can be read fine and files accessed ok.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Whn some errors are detected, the error correction may entail restarting the scan.

However, if this happens again, your disk may be ready to give up the ghost; get your data backed up safely ASAP

 

[bendixG15]

I have to ask how much free space you had on the drive ??
Did you have any real big files..like 30gb video files ??

My only experience with a looong chkdsk was when I only had a small amount of free space for chkdsk to write to.

Anyways, its over and hopefully the drive is well behaved...

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Back with Win 9x, sure. XP-no.

 

[John]

Sounds like a possible bad hard drive.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Run the drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility. it sounds like your hard drive is dying.