Command Prompt: chkdsk {Drive} : / {Syntax} Example: chkdsk C: /F There are, of course, way too many different and niche commands to list them all here. But these are the most commonly used and ...

If this does not help, cancel CHKDSK by pressing Ctrl+C and see if that works for you. If while it is running, you need to cancel it, then, the only want to do it, is to power down the computer.

It mainly appears on a PC configured with an old hard drive, and it implies that the ChkDsk is stuck at a particular stage. However, the drive letter (C) can be different in your case. Instead of ...