Repairing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete.

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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?


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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!
 
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The hard drive is very close to failing and needs replacing.
When you've installed a new one, installed Windows on it, and got Windows up and running, shut down the PC and install the failing drive as a second drive.

Restart your PC and see if you can retrieve all your data from it in Windows Explorer.
The hard drive is very close to failing and needs replacing.
When you've installed a new one, installed Windows on it, and got Windows up and running, shut down the PC and install the failing drive as a second drive.

Restart your PC and see if you can retrieve all your data from it in Windows Explorer.
 
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Thanks for responding. So is this whole test it's running useless? Should I leave it running until getting a new hard drive?
 

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The test has finished and when I run it again it detects no errors. I can get past the Windows logo, but then it gets stuck at a black screen with a cursor. I have tried safemode and other repair things, but nothing seems to work.
 
Your drive is on the doorstep of failing. IMMEDIATELY power the computer down (flip the PSU switch) and buy a new HDD. After the new HDD is in, UNPLUG the old HDD and install Windows. Shut the computer down and unplug the computer. Press the power button to drain all the caps and then plug the failing HDD back in. Close the computer back up and replug the PSU. Start the computer up and boot your fresh Windows 7 installation. Recover any data you can off the drive. Your user account is located in E:\Users\username.
 

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Sorry for a late response, but my hard drive is fine. I simply re-installed Windows and everything was fixed.