[xubuntu-users] start-up disk check

[James Freer]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:48:27PM +0000, James Freer wrote:
>> using xubuntu 12.04
>>
>> I'd be grateful if someone could advise. The disk check that one gets
>> every few weeks seems to be hanging for me. It starts the check and
>> then just hnags until i click the 'skip'. I've not had this before and
>> have used *buntu since 2007.
>>
> How long did you wait for it to complete?
>
> It can take 30 minutes or more, possibly some hours even if you have a
> really big disk drive).
>
> --
> Chris Green

Maybe i haven't given it long enough? It is a 500 G disk on a two year
old pc. I will give it longer next time. Thanks for the advice folks.
Again the manual method that Joshua recommended i'll try.

thanks
james