• Unless you are normally running CHECKDB (a recommended practice to catch these problems early on and reduce downtime/risk of data loss) and can look at the historical runs for how long it takes to run, there isn't a whole lot that you can do except wait it out. If you stop it, you won't get the information that you need to help resolve the problems.

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