My computer has been constantly crashing when using Skype, and I've read it's probably related to power supply issues, which would make sense considering my current power supply is old and from Orion, which isn't really a well-known brand.
Anyway, my audio and video began to stutter as well, which I'm sure has to do with the power supply, but I read it might be whole number of other problems, and I believe someone said it could be related to a hard drive issue.
I just wanted to make sure everything is working fine, so I ran chkdsk /r (or just r, I don't remember), and it scheduled a scan on restart, which it did.
When it got to stage 4 of 5, the process grew incredibly slow. If it kept the same rate, it would've taken another 36+ hours until completion. I searched on Google, and several people agreed that restarting the computer (by holding down the power button) is alright as long as it's past stage 3.
When I restarted the computer, everything appeared to be fine, until I tried opening and running some files. The files opened correctly, although photos had to be opened in Paint instead of Windows Photo Viewer, and there was always a message on the taskbar that the file was corrupt.
I searched for solutions to my problem, and someone said to run chkdsk /f, which I did. It scheduled another scan on restart, so I restarted the computer.
Upon restarting the computer, I was given two options. I forgot the second option, but I chose to do Startup Repair. It has been "Reparing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete." for over 4 hours. The hard drive is 1TB, with about 890GB used. Does anyone know an expected wait time for this?
Some other information:
Yes, I'm aware I've screwed up pretty badly. Before restarting, I backed up document folders, but that's about it. Any help is appreciated!
Anyway, my audio and video began to stutter as well, which I'm sure has to do with the power supply, but I read it might be whole number of other problems, and I believe someone said it could be related to a hard drive issue.
I just wanted to make sure everything is working fine, so I ran chkdsk /r (or just r, I don't remember), and it scheduled a scan on restart, which it did.
When it got to stage 4 of 5, the process grew incredibly slow. If it kept the same rate, it would've taken another 36+ hours until completion. I searched on Google, and several people agreed that restarting the computer (by holding down the power button) is alright as long as it's past stage 3.
When I restarted the computer, everything appeared to be fine, until I tried opening and running some files. The files opened correctly, although photos had to be opened in Paint instead of Windows Photo Viewer, and there was always a message on the taskbar that the file was corrupt.
I searched for solutions to my problem, and someone said to run chkdsk /f, which I did. It scheduled another scan on restart, so I restarted the computer.
Upon restarting the computer, I was given two options. I forgot the second option, but I chose to do Startup Repair. It has been "Reparing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete." for over 4 hours. The hard drive is 1TB, with about 890GB used. Does anyone know an expected wait time for this?
Some other information:
Yes, I'm aware I've screwed up pretty badly. Before restarting, I backed up document folders, but that's about it. Any help is appreciated!