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How can I cancel CHKDSK in progress in Windows 7, without rebooting the computer or terminating the process against its will?
EDIT 2: Why? It was going to take an hour, and was already in the free space section of my drive, and the drive was dismounted (/R option), and I needed access to the drive to get back to work.
You should get the opportunity to "skip" the CHKDSK operation before it starts, but once it's running typically the keyboard is ignored with Windows XP and above when it's initiated as part of the boot process.
There is nothing wrong with the input detection -- the keyboard is ignored while CHKDSK is running, and even CTRL-C doesn't seem to do anything as I recall.
EaseUS Partition manager is a free for home use partition manager. It is really easy and very robust piece of software. AND ITS MADE FOR WINDOWS - So that Windows users can easily use it.
You can also change the partition on the "LEFT" side. It takes a very long time because it has to move all your files and must be done in exclusive mode, this means a reboot and a blue screen, don't Panic, this blue screen is a console application that does all the magic before windows loads up. Just let it run and it will reboot when done. It never failed me :)
This will fix all the boot sector issues - Linux won't, you have to mess around on your own with safe modes and recovery tools; Because Linux GParted just does not apply the appropriate fixes to the Windows partitions :(
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There is no safe way to terminate a chkdsk in progress. Even if you do, it will run at the next reboot since it sets the dirty bit when you run the command. There is no good reason to cancel chkdsk this way, unless the PC is locked up during a chkdsk.