I ran into a problem where my Windows 8 computer all of a sudden ran really slowly. After opening up Task Manager, I noticed that 50% Disk Activity was being used, even though the total of all the apps running were about 0.5 MB/s in Disk Activity. So, I restarted the computer, and since then, I haven't been able to boot into Windows.
So, I ran chkdsk
from the Windows 8 DVD, and it's been running for 20 hours so far. It's currently on Stage 4 of 5, on file 182,000 of 251,000 (approximately). When it's stopped moving, I assume it's trying to fix a file, because there are notices indicating that Windows has replaced a bad cluster.
It hasn't technically been running for a day yet, but I assume it will be; I'll be leaving it to run overnight (for the second time) and I assume it will still be running. Assuming it does continue to run by then, should I just let it finish? How long should I let it run for at most? And let's say it actually manages to fix everything, then is everything all good, even if it has ran for an abnormally long amount of time?
I'm obviously hoping that the problems are just on the surface, and are not hardware-related (i.e. a dead hard drive). This Windows 8 computer (and the hard drive) is only about two months old, so I would be saddened if the thing is already dead.