super slow and had 4 virus-malware in hundreds

ok, figured out paste, but it gave an error
for log to desktop
Windows PowerShellCopyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername -match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txtout-file : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt'.At line:1 char:132+ ... init"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OpenError: (:) [Out-File], DirectoryNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32>PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

running first line to display log in powershell works, here is the copy.

Windows PowerShellCopyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername -match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txtout-file : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt'.At line:1 char:132+ ... init"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OpenError: (:) [Out-File], DirectoryNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32>PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername -match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, messageTimeCreated : 4/8/2019 7:01:23 PMMessage : Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. Volume label is OS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ... 645632 file records processed. File verification completed. 34888 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ... 56613 reparse records processed. 849886 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found. 56613 reparse records processed. Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ... Cleaning up 2781 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 2781 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 2781 unused security descriptors. Security descriptor verification completed. 102128 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... 33942176 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed. Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ... 645616 files processed. File data verification completed. Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ... 206551887 free clusters processed. Free space verification is complete. Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required. 975967231 KB total disk space. 148678700 KB in 424029 files. 285880 KB in 102129 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 795099 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 826207552 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 243991807 total allocation units on disk. 206551888 allocation units available on disk. Internal Info: 00 da 09 00 10 07 08 00 9f 6d 0f 00 00 00 00 00 .........m...... 5b 12 00 00 ca ca 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [............... Windows has finished checking your disk. Please wait while your computer restarts.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

drive is a seagate, which i dont like. st1000lm035-1rk172
i am running seatools for windows, its claiming it passes.
i think its no good. maybe a ssd is what this laptop needs.

Hello sdowney717:

The above results of running the 5 stage chkdsk are extremely typical and can be regarded as well within acceptable norms. Absolutely no additional action is necessary in that specific area.

Since chkdsk is virtually without error, it may be of interest to run the following from an elevated command prompt:

sfc /scannow

You will be pleased to know the run-time is considerably less than chkdsk but more than a few minutes.

Cheers

ok will do that.
I ran the online benchmark test.
the hard drive is performing extremely poorly compared with other users who have run this test and using I think the same hard drive.
So I wonder if this is software related or actual hard ware issues? I am concurrently performing a long test repair using sea tools for windows.
look how bad it is.
ideas?
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/16112482

1PW said:

Hello sdowney717:

The above results of running the 5 stage chkdsk are extremely typical and can be regarded as well within acceptable norms. Absolutely no additional action is necessary in that specific area.

Since chkdsk is virtually without error, it may be of interest to run the following from an elevated command prompt:

sfc /scannow

You will be pleased to know the run-time is considerably less than chkdsk but more than a few minutes.

Cheers

ok, am doing this, but will be the third time, last time i reran after rebuilding using the dism restore health and it has always checked out fine.

drive is defective . seatools for windows long test failed. all other seatools tests reported drive ok.
can i using this laptop, macrium reflect backup the contents to a portable usb drive. install new drive, then restore os to the new drive ?

On no account image a dodgy disk to a new disk as it may write dodgy things to the new drive plus you don't know what's wrong with windows. Download latest ISO free from ms and do a clean install

Samuria said:

On no account image a dodgy disk to a new disk as it may write dodgy things to the new drive plus you don't know what's wrong with windows. Download latest ISO free from ms and do a clean install

I have a usb drive with that on iso it, I think 1809 version, I used it to reinstall a win10 PRO, can it be used to install a win 10 home? She has home on here.

I agree its best, but she has som many programs on here. I will have to talk to her and see if she can reinstall all that stuff from the original sources. Seagate wrantee does not exist for the drive as they say it is OEM and covered with ASUS, how painful would that be to get a drive from ASUS? Like they need the whole laptop, or just the drive?

I would be concerned about re-installing any of her software before checking it is from a proper and safe site, given the amount of malware it had, may just get infected again.