How To Fix Hard Drive Corruption

 

One of the major problems that Windows users run into is hard disk corruption. There are several potential causes for the become hard drive corruption.

What Causes Hard Drive Corruption

Hard disk corruption can occur for a number of causes.

• File System errors

• Read/Write issues

• Software bugs

• Virus attack

• Damaged MBR on the disk

• Bad sectors on the hard drive

• Poor operating conditions

• Power supply and connection

• Physical damage

How to fix a corrupted hard drive

Fix errors by scanning your hard drive for antivirus

Hard disk corruption may be caused by malware or viruses. To resolve the problem, you can do a malware scan on your hard drive. Windows Defender Antivirus is a built-in antivirus application that comes with Windows. Follow these steps to perform a scan

Press Windows + I  >  System Settings > Update & Security . 

Now, click Windows Security > Virus & threat protection on the right panel.

The apparatus will be scanned. You can see any viruses that were found in the scan results.

To fix hard drive issues, adhere to the on-screen directions. Once your system has restarted, check to see if you can access the hard drive.

 Fix your hard drive by checking for errors

Open 'This PC' 

Select Hard Drive and right click

Choose Properties

Select Tools > Check 

How to fix a corrupted hard drive using cmd

(Check for Bad Sectors and File System Errors)

To start the corrupted hard disk repair process, open Command Prompt in Admin mode

Press the Windows Start button at the bottom left.

Type in "Command Prompt".

Click  "Run as administrator".

Click Yes if the Windows 10 User Account Control prompt is displayed.

begin the error checking and repairing process for your internal or external drive, type the following command:

chkdsk C: /F

where C is the drive letter.

You can add more options to the command to make the scan process more rigorous.

chkdsk C: /F /X /R

where

/X If required, it forces the volume to dismount before the scan.

/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable data.

Press Enter. Press Y if the system asks you for a restart (in the case of an internal drive).

Wait until the Check Disk program fixes any issues on your hard drive.

How to fix a corrupted hard drive using an SFC scan

Windows SFC (System File Checker) utility checks for missing or corrupt system files and fixes them. Additionally, it examines the protected system files for integrity and replaces those that are damaged with their right counterparts.

Follow the steps below to run the SFC scan

Press the Windows Start button at the bottom left.

Type in "Command Prompt".

Click  "Run as administrator".

Click Yes if the Windows 10 User Account Control prompt is displayed.

In the command prompt window, type SFC /scannow and press Enter.

The scanning process will initiate.

Wait until the process is complete and then reboot your system.

Finally, check if the hard disk is accessible and free from errors.