Hard Drive "Corrupt" but files still work

mjf said:

To be on the safe side I'd get important data off.
Recuva is free and highly regarded.

Then chkdsk /r will do a thorough bad sector disk check & recover.

Thanks, but chkdsk /r has already started. All the important stuff I have backed up in at least 2 or 3 other places, as I've experienced hard drive crashes before.

So chkdsk /r has been running for around 7 hours now, and is on file 33,000 out of around 49,000. It's 10:25 PM where I am, and I was gonna go settle down and watch a movie, then go to bed.

I don't need to really keep an eye on the machine, do I? Even if there's an error, it's nothing that needs my attention until morning? chkdsk has never taken me this long before, so I'm not sure.

KSchrief said:

So chkdsk /r has been running for around 7 hours now, and is on file 33,000 out of around 49,000. It's 10:25 PM where I am, and I was gonna go settle down and watch a movie, then go to bed.

I don't need to really keep an eye on the machine, do I? Even if there's an error, it's nothing that needs my attention until morning? chkdsk has never taken me this long before, so I'm not sure.

Should be fine.. Just don't want it to hibernate :)

Chkdsk /r is taking so long because its attempting to repair what it can repair :) Good sign things are working hah.

Goodnight

- Tony

Okay, it's done. It says it fixed some errors, but no luck. Same "Access is denied" message.

I can get to drive properties, etc, via Right-Clicking. It says there are 0b free of 0b available.

I downloaded recuva, and recuva says that the drive is fine. It can open it fine, access files, etc.

mjf said:

mjf said:

Post a screenshot of the drive from disk management using the snipping tool.
Use the paperclip or manage attachments to upload.

It could be a format issue or a MFT (master file table) issue. Possible options include.
(1) extract data with Recuva as I recommended earlier. Reformat disk and return data
(2) could try the partition wizard and see what it has to say about the disk. After backing up with recuva, you try it's partition recovery function.

The screenshot would help so would posting back if you've fixed it.

^^ Agree i recommend using partition wizard to check the drive and possibly try to recover it. hes made it clear he has no intentions on saving the data lol

- Tony

Hi,

Since you can get to the Properties panel of the drive, can you please check to see if its not something as simple as taking ownernship of the drive, although I have to admit I don't know why this would have changed since you would have had ownership of this before.

Please try this:

1. Follow this tutorial to take full ownership of the I:
Take Ownership Shortcut

2. Follow this tutorial to change the permissions of the drive (you only need to perform Step 1):
Permissions - Allow or Deny Users and Groups

Please post back to see whether this has changed anything.

Regards,
Golden