So, I'm running CHKDSK on my single-partitioned 450-ishGB HDD using Shift+F10 with Win7 repair disk.
I got about 2300 bad sectors, some affecting Windows/system32 directory. It's been running about 12 hours and it got stuck on some file in Stage 4. And I need to save some files, like projects or such before formatting it.
Should I stop CHKDSK and try xcopy to save these files, or should I wait more hoping that would end? If so, how long is the limit?
HDD is 1 year-ish old, still in warranty range. I can't boot in Win8, I don't have any kind of recovery disk-usb; but I got Win8 in iso format (legal, of course).
I can provide any background info required.
More Info
I've already decided to send the pc to tech support since the warranty is still active. Also I have an external HDD (160 GB) for copying the files to.
I just need to save some files and I have a priority order. If I can't save the files, I'll just use tree to see those files and get them from somewhere else.
Conclusion
I stopped(force closed actually) CHKDSK to attempt to get a tree list for documents. Entering C:/ gave "This operation can't completed due to an I/O error".
Well, that meant the end.
From now on, when I start the pc, I get those clicks. Unfortunately, I know what that means.
It looks that I lost a lot of data; movies, games and projects. On the other hand, I had backups of some of the projects. This should be a lesson to others having the same situation. Backup first, troubleshoot later.
