[xubuntu-users] start-up disk check

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:08:07AM +0000, James Freer wrote:
> 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.
> 
My 1Tb disk (twice the size of yours) is 40% full and takes a good
half-hour to check.  So your 500Gb if it's quite full could
well take as long.

-- 
Chris Green