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Fixing (E:) Stage 2 Takes Forever

Anonymous
2023-08-24T08:11:49+00:00

I'm using a Laptop and I have 2 Drives, C 500 GB SSD Drive (Where I have my windows) and E 2 TB SSD drive (Where I store my data). 2 days ago while removing files from my E drive, the process froze. I then restarted my laptop and windows detected that my E drive has an issue. I decided to do the automatic windows fix, but the issue is the fixing process is going so slow.

The fixing has been going on for almost 24 hours now and it's still at Fixing E stage 2: 5% (630 of 12000) Total 78%; ETA: 4:36:00. It's currently going at the rate of 2 files/minute. So it'll take me to wait almost 4 days to finish stage 2.

I tried shutting down the laptop once to skip this process (since different posts suggested this). However, there's no option to skip it for me as the fixing process runs automatically.

What should I do at this point? Just wait for 4 days?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T11:26:16+00:00

    so run chkdsk E: /f /r /x again and just wait for 233 days?

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  2. DaveM121 868K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-24T08:48:16+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    It seems that drive is badly corrupted, on a 2TB drive check disk can take a while to complete, but should not take that long, so that drive may or may not be repairable.

    When you restarted your PC wee you not given the option to press any key to skip the disk checking?

    If not, it may be quicker to check that disk yourself using these steps.

    Start your PC, just as Windows attempts to load (spinning dots), press and hold Power Button for 5 - 10 seconds to perform a Hard Shut Down

    Do this twice

    On the third start Windows will boot into the Recovery Environment and from there you can access System Repair, Safe Mode, Command Prompt... etc.

    Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - Command Prompt

    Run this command and press Enter:

    chkdsk E: /f /r

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T11:09:20+00:00

    Here is the result

    chkntfs /x E:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.

    chkntfs /x E:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.

    chkntfs /x E:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.

    fsutil dirty query E:

    Volume - E: is Dirty

    I checked using CystalDiskInfo, the Health Status of my E drive is still Good 100%. Not sure if that matters.

    what should I do now?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T10:58:46+00:00

    I ran
    chkdsk E: /f /r /x
    result

    The type of the file system is NTFS.

    Volume dismounted. All opened handles to this volume are now invalid.

    Volume label is Programs.

    Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...

    256256 file records processed.

    File verification completed.

    Phase duration (File record verification): 2.46 seconds.

    454 large file records processed.

    Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.

    0 bad file records processed.

    Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.38 milliseconds.

    Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...

    1591 reparse records processed.

    Progress: 256771 of 323554 done; Stage: 79%; Total: 0%; ETA: 450:19:28

    
now it's scanning very slow again, like in the boot menu. Good thing is I can use the laptop while waiting.

What should I do now? The ETA is still going up as I typed this comment.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T10:19:33+00:00

    Hi Dave, I tried your method to run chkdsk E: /f /r from the command line. It successfully ran it in 12 minutes. However after I restarted my laptop and tried to boot to windows again, I greeted by the old friend

    Fixing E stage 2: 79% (256796 of 323554) Total 58%; ETA: 4:36:00.

    Is there anyway I can skip this fixing while booting?

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