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1. #HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT DRIVERS#
3. #HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT WINDOWS#

#HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT HOW TO#

How to diagnose if an external hard drive is physically damaged? Here are some symptoms of physical damages: However, if it is a physical damage, you will have to seek help of professionals. The positive side of the issue is that most corrupted external HDD is caused by logical damages, which means you can fix it on your own. In a word, the external hard drive is corrupted and unreadable now.

#HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT DRIVERS#

Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.Īpart from receiving an error message, you will notice that the file system of the external hard drive becomes RAW in Disk Management. The volume does not contain a recognized file system. You need to format the disk in drive H: before you can use it.The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

#HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE WITH COMMAND PROMPT WINDOWS#

Also, Windows will pop up one of follow error messages: When you connect it to computer, and you will find you cannot open it in File Explorer as usual. How to tell if your external hard drive is corrupted? It is easy to know if an external disk does not work normally. Once an external hard drive gets corrupted and turns into unreadable, you will find that files, photos, songs, videos, etc. However, external hard drive may not be reliable as expected due to its portability, for it is more likely to get corrupted than local disk. But the system recognizes the disk as RAW."Īn external hard drive is regarded as one of the greatest data storage devices, as it provides large storage space to computers, making it quite convenience for data backup and file sharing. I bought an external case and the disk restarted OK. At one point it would not switch on anymore. I used it again about four months ago to store more files and reorganize some folders… And I saw it was Starting and stopping so every night I would disconnect it and disconnect the power. So, every now and again it would cut the connection, but I did not realize. The unfortunate problem is that the USB cable was loose.

The disk was formatted as one disk a while back and was only used to store files it was not used as a normal disk use. "The external hard drive is no longer accessible and reports 'The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable'. Overview on corrupted and unreadable external HDD fixes