Windows 10: Chkdsk is working but stuck at stage 4

Hey,


I'm running a chkdsk /f /r /x for my 1tb external HDD. It does need some repair since it suddenly slowed down one day without any prompting (I suspect it was because it got ejected unsafely). The HDD contains a lot of data and folder and I haven't been able to backup the data since it won't cooperate with me and kept being not responding, so I decided to run comprehensive chkdsk from admin-cmd.


I'm aware it takes a long time to repair and I've been waiting patiently. For stage two 'examining file name linkage', it took a whole day >24hours to be done and continue to the next stage. The stage 3 has been completed nicely, but now it's stuck at stage 4 'looking for bad clusters in user file data' with the progress showing= 27 of 325360 done; stage: 0%, total: 0%, ETA: 999:00:00. I also understand that the ETA isn't reliable because stage two had shown the same ETA but it changed overtime. The problem now is that the chkdsk has been running stage 4 for 5 days without interference at all and the progress hadn't changed; still 27 of 325360.


The light in my external HDD is still blinking away and the chkdsk is clickable (both of them working properly and not 'not responding' or 'hanging') but nothing had changed for 5 days and counting and I'm quite concerned. Should I let it be, but for how long? or should I disconnect it, but will it affect my data? I'm at a loss, really, because it's working normally but it's been days and I might be running out of patience.


Help me please, is there anything else I can do or is my options are between waiting it out and forcefully ejecting it? What should I do??


Thank you in advance for any reply.

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Chkdsk is stucked at stage 4

I started a chkdsk check for my external hard drive by /f /r /x..

Now at stage 4 its stucked.for 3 hours at the same point..what should i do? Should i remove the media? And if i remove the media,wl it have a bad effect on the media n data..my external hard disk was not read by the system all the time n it was taking very
long to open files,and windows suggested a scan n fix..so i did a chkdsk..

Its showing cluster check 28 of 31416.and is stucked.pls reply,what shud i do?

 

Chkdsk is stucked at stage 4

I by mistake removed the hdd later on..the cluster check at stage 4 was 31 out of 31216..

Later on i checked the external hdd and it was successfully read by the system and i was able to take a backup of data..

So i wl conclude this by assuming that stage 4 interruption is not so deadly..the initial 3 stages almost repaired most of the disk..

So m with Mr Wayne..

 

Chkdsk is stucked at stage 4

That was helpful,but i am ryt now stucked..if i stop it,what wud happen?? And can i just stop it and again perform a chkdsk with shorter commands as u said.

I dont wanna lose all the data.