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I was having problems creating a System Image using Macrium Reflect free. On my last attempt I got Error 23 - cyclical something or other (can't remember the exact wording).
I researched this and found I had bad sectors. I also looked in the Windows Event log which said I had bad blocks (entries in both Macrium and Event log at same time, so I assumed they were related).
So having read various posts on the Macrium site and this forum I decided to do a check disk / repair on the C drive. I had previously run a check disk which said there were no errors, but this was before I looked in the Event log, which showed several entries related to a bad block, going back a while.
This started off fine after a reboot, but has been stuck at 11% for a couple of hours now.
My Dell uses a circle of dots to suggest activity and this is still going round and round, but the disk light is not flashing at all, which it normally does if something is happening.
So my question is: What are my options now?
Do I just leave it running in the hope something is happening?
Or is there any way to abort the process without causing damage?
I know there was a way to cancel in the seconds before the scan began but I don't know if this is still possible. And I don't recall which key it said to press either .
Or is it okay to power the machine down which will end the process?
And if I leave it running, after what period can I reasonably conclude that something has gone wrong?
Thank you
I researched this and found I had bad sectors. I also looked in the Windows Event log which said I had bad blocks (entries in both Macrium and Event log at same time, so I assumed they were related).
So having read various posts on the Macrium site and this forum I decided to do a check disk / repair on the C drive. I had previously run a check disk which said there were no errors, but this was before I looked in the Event log, which showed several entries related to a bad block, going back a while.
This started off fine after a reboot, but has been stuck at 11% for a couple of hours now.
My Dell uses a circle of dots to suggest activity and this is still going round and round, but the disk light is not flashing at all, which it normally does if something is happening.
So my question is: What are my options now?
Do I just leave it running in the hope something is happening?
Or is there any way to abort the process without causing damage?
I know there was a way to cancel in the seconds before the scan began but I don't know if this is still possible. And I don't recall which key it said to press either .
Or is it okay to power the machine down which will end the process?
And if I leave it running, after what period can I reasonably conclude that something has gone wrong?
Thank you
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win8.1 64bit, Windows 10 TP on VMWare Player
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 15 3521
- CPU
- 1.80 gigahertz Intel Core i5-3337U
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 0010T1 A00
- Memory
- 8gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio & Intel Display Audio
- Hard Drives
- TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050 [Hard drive] (500.11 GB)
- Cooling
- Additional fan
- Mouse
- Kensington Trackball
- Browser
- IE
- Antivirus
- Emsisoft Internet Security, Malwarebytes free & antiexploit