chdsk gets stuck

[azianese]

i did a quick format to c: and installed windows xp. on this old hewlett packard computer the hard drive is partitioned as c: and d: (windows xp is on this drive). i do a chdsk on d: by right clicking the drive -> properties -> tools -> check now -> check the two boxes then restart. everything is fine, but when i do this on c: it gets stuck on stage 5. chdsk is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5) ... 0 percent completed. so i leave it on overnight and when i come back its on 5%. this drive is 160gb, whats making it take so long or get stuck? do you think the drive is failing?

[shadowdr]

It is probably trying to reallocate (a) bad sectors. As long as there are available sctors it could finish but it does take time. Overnight is a really long time however and it may not be possible, having already reallocated many over it's lifetime. A new drive may make the system much faster if it is very old as the older drives were painfully slow.