[SOLVED] Windows 10 Fixing (C:) on boot loops

[Diarmuidinskibb]

I've been away from my PC the last few days and when I turned it on yesterday, an automatic disk repair started saying "Fixing (C)Stage 1: X% (Y of Y); Total Z%; ETA: 0:02:00"

I decided to keep it on over night just in the hopes it would do its thing but this morning the progress hadn't changed from the point it was at last night, staying on "Stage 2: 77% (1083327 of 1392986); 69%...".

I tried restarting and skipping disk checking on boot but it just shows a blue screen with the time in the bottom left as it would regularly but with no response. If I leave the process run long enough, it will return an error and the PC will restart, going through the same disk checking process and pausing at the same stage as above.

I've seen answers recommending to disable disk checking in Windows but I can't even get to the home screen to do so. For extra context, my PC has been running crazy slow recently and I was planning on completely wiping the drives for a nice reset of my computer. Is there any other fixes anyone can recommend to try get it up and running again?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Colif]

how big is the drive? Stage ones estimate above was 2 hours so not so big?
chkdsk has 5 stages it works through
1tb can take 5 hours and the bigger the drive, the longer it takes.

Is it an ssd or hdd? as time drops significantly if its an ssd.

slowness can be a sign of a hdd going bad as well. Fact it wants to run chkdsk is also a clue.

how many drives in PC? if you have more than 1 you shouldn't need to wipe anymore than the boot drive.

 

[Diarmuidinskibb]

how big is the drive? Stage ones estimate above was 2 hours so not so big?
chkdsk has 5 stages it works through
1tb can take 5 hours and the bigger the drive, the longer it takes.

Is it an ssd or hdd? as time drops significantly if its an ssd.

slowness can be a sign of a hdd going bad as well. Fact it wants to run chkdsk is also a clue.

how many drives in PC? if you have more than 1 you shouldn't need to wipe anymore than the boot drive.

The drive is 1 TB HDD and is a good few years old. Stage 1 never lasts long, normally finishing within a few minutes and moving onto stage 2 where it gets stuck. It would stay on this until a blue screen error pops up and the PC is restarted. I would say the maximum I've left it on is about 8 hours before I decided to restart myself. Would that be enough for the type of drive I have?
The PC has been running with 2 drives and windows is stored on the drive that needs repairing.
Honestly I think the drive has gone bad and needs to be replaced but is there any way for me to get it running so I can have a quick run through for any important files I might need (doubt there are any, it's been primarily used for gaming) and reinstall windows on the second drive?

 

[Colif]

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB - we will use it as a boot device


How to save data off drive
change boot order so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
type notepad and press enter
in notepad, select file>open
Use file explorer to copy any files you need to save to USB or hdd

If 2nd drive is also a hdd, I would buy an ssd instead. The speed difference alone is enough reason for me.

 

[Diarmuidinskibb]

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB - we will use it as a boot device


How to save data off drive
change boot order so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
type notepad and press enter
in notepad, select file>open
Use file explorer to copy any files you need to save to USB or hdd

If 2nd drive is also a hdd, I would buy an ssd instead. The speed difference alone is enough reason for me.

Perfect, I will go ahead and try the steps above to retrieve some of my files. I have already ordered an SSD so I'll wait until it arrives before I go ahead with everything and reinstall windows in it (it is a joke I haven't installed an ssd yet).

Thanks for all your help. I may respond in this thread in the future if any problems occur