George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just to let you know there are 2 partitions on the disk. The first
> and the secong. The secong has no issue at all. The first must be
> messed up. Obviously this is not the disk. So what else could it be?

Do you get any other symptoms of a problem except that chkdsk hang ?

If not, you can see a situation where the file structures get into a
state that chkdsk cant handle, even tho access to the files is still
fine, particularly with an NTFS formatted partition. NTFS is quite
complex and even chkdsk can get confused at times.

> If you know of a partition table repairer even
> if it is not the issue I could at least try it.

Not clear if you mean an automatic repairer or one that you
can use manually to manipulate the partition table entry.

gparted is certainly worth trying, but be careful, it isnt hard
to wreck a perfectly good partition table with it, at least image
the entire physical drive before molesting the partition table.


> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Ok what do you suggest is the issue?
>>
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>> George Hester
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>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I located a free partition table fixer on the Net a couple months
>>>> ago and used it successfully. I need it again and was wondering if
>>>> anyone knew of a free one on the Net because I can't find it. For
>>>> some reason it looks like the first partition on one of my drives
>>>> got hosed. I tried to run chkdsk on it but when it got to the
>>>> last part checking data it just stopped at 0% complete and went no
>>>> further.
>>>
>>> That is unlikely to be due to a partition table problem.