Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2019 August 5

= August 5 =

Scanning and repairing C drive
Any idea upper long it can be expected to take? It's been stuck on 1% for about an hour now :)  ——  SerialNumber  54129  13:02, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * The size of the hard drive and speed rating would be 2 relevant numbers. I would expect it to possibly take hours, but a projected 100 hours does seem extreme. Perhaps it will get faster as whatever phase they put at the start is slowest. SinisterLefty (talk) 16:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I advise you to replace the hard drive. This one is obviously failing. Ruslik_ Zero 17:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Good idea. Be sure to make backups of everything important onto another device, before this hard drive fails. SinisterLefty (talk) 18:46, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * If you can, I'd clone it to an SSD. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 19:04, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I suggest prioritizing the most important things first, as it could fail before you finish. SinisterLefty (talk) 19:20, 5 August 2019 (UTC)