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Faster chkdsk?
Windows 10 Pro, 5820 running at 4.5 GHz and so on..
I have a couple Seagate 3TB Barracuda 7200 rpm drives that ONLY get used for backups. One of them started throwing errors, and after doing a chkdsk (a very LONG chkdsk) it was usable again and has been working for several months. The OTHER one started throwing errors recently and CrystalDiskInfo shows caution on Reallocated Sectors Count and Current Pending Sector Count and a couple other things around Sectors that I can't recall at the moment. And, of course, they STARTED DOING THIS about 9 minutes after they went out of warranty.
The one the WAS working failed on backup 2 days ago so the drives are in the process of being replaced, but I ran a chkdsk to fix things. First it was going to be 8 hours, then 8 more, and at my last check it was going to be 54 (yes 54 hours) as it SLOWLY crawled through the sector repairs...
And this is a 3TB drive...
With the direction things are going - to larger and larger drives (I shudder to think how long it'll take for a 6, 8 or 10TB drive with chkdsk), isn't there SOME utility out there that'll do this just FASTER than the chkdsk utility? Or are there options on chkdsk I should or shouldn't use so the thing isn't such a total dog? I did the chkdsk as: CHKDSK V: /F/X/R/scan/perf so I wasn't expecting a 10 minute check, but TWO DAYS?