CHKDSK stuck at 11% and HDD led not flashing

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lukeskywoolner

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So I have been getting bsods lately and searched up the error and one of the solutions was to run CHKDSK/ r so, I did and CMD said something about me not being able to do it in windows so and asked wether I wanted to run it after the next reeboot so I said yes. Restarted my PC and it was going well until it stopped at 11% and it has been at that percentage for 3 hours now and what annoys me the most is how the HDD led isn't flashing should I pull the plug (more likely click the reset button on my case) or let it run all night?
 
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Hello lukeskywoolner, what brand is your HDD? Yes, a CHKDSK will last a long time and it is always a good idea to have a good back up plan in place.

The conventional wisdom by tech experts on backups is known as the 3-2-1 method. Basically you want:

3 copies of any data you don't want to lose
2 different mediums it's stored on (so 2 different drives in your computer, for example)
1 copy kept offsite, to prevent against disaster.
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lukeskywoolner

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Then what? Really hope that isn't the case
 
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well if something is bad then what would your do?

 
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lukeskywoolner

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Lol forget what I just said. I'll wait until tomorrow
 
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Hello lukeskywoolner, what brand is your HDD? Yes, a CHKDSK will last a long time and it is always a good idea to have a good back up plan in place.

The conventional wisdom by tech experts on backups is known as the 3-2-1 method. Basically you want:

3 copies of any data you don't want to lose
2 different mediums it's stored on (so 2 different drives in your computer, for example)
1 copy kept offsite, to prevent against disaster.
 
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lukeskywoolner

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Who ever can say "waited and came back to it working fine(from the person with the problem)" gets the answer because I can't make it my own comment-yes I know I didn't have any backups of my files but one thing is, do I get any results?
 
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A fairly good bet it is a Seagate, no offence, but they are a ___; in 25 years of building PC, Seagate is the only brand where I have never thrown away a working HDD drive because it is too small; they all died young (6-29 months), and the ones that died inside warranty, Seagate failed to honour the warranty and replace them.

In contrast, I have had ONE Toshiba drive die, No Hitachi, no IBM, no Samsung and no Western Digital, although TBH, I havent had a WD HDD in 10 years, all mine are now Hitachi, Samsung, or Toshiba.


mod edit: a company representative is here helping, you can have a little respect for them, and also not break the rules here using foul language or references to foul language, which I have edited out
 
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