system file checker

[timeless]

long story short l have a external drive which keeps on telling me to scan it, l havent the space to backup the content on it and reformat etc and whenever l use the file system scanning tools it seems to stop at a specific record at which point l have to disconnect and reconnect the drive again to access as l get access denied..

just wondered if there were other scanning tools out there l could use as the windows tools seem useless as it bothers me that l keep on getting asked to scan when l connect the drive.. its only started today after a good month or two of usage.

 

[A Guy]

It's likely not asking you to scan with SFC, but rather Disk check. What scan are you attempting? (Screenshots of request to scan, and error when it fails would help)

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

A Guy

 

[timeless]

your correct its asking me to run a disk check (not sfc check), however it never completes because as soon as it gets to a certain record it stops being accessible requiring me to reconnect the drive (its on a usb to sata adapter).

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hmm timeless might be time to run a drive checker over it then try the Seatools one for example

SeaTools for Windows | Seagate

 

[timeless]

thats the issue, l ran the drive checker but it seems to stop at a certain record requiring me to reconnect the drive and start again because the drive becomes inaccessible at that certain record while scanning.

l do have seatools (as its a seagate drive), its just annoying that the disk checker wont finish past a certain record.. lm wondering if its down to the limitations of how l connect the drive, however there is too much data on the drive for me to backup and ld rather the file system didnt fail on me.

 

[A Guy]

The drive may have a problem, that's why the suggestion to run Seatools. It may complete, and even correct any errors, even when Windows disk check will not. have you tried Seatools? A Guy

 

[timeless]

l do have seatools, but l cant see any option that would test for file system problems and fix them. but like l said when running the windows tools it stops at a certain record and l have to reconnect the drive again in order to access it unless you can give me an idea of which would be the best options to use in order to have the best chance of fixing the problem because it happens on both my laptop and my main system.. otherwise l can use it as normal tho it just pops up with the window saying l need to scan.

 

[A Guy]

Are you using Seatools for DOS, or Seatools for Windows? Personally I burn a disc and use Seatools for DOS

SeaTools for DOS | Seagate

SeaTools for DOS tutorial

You can also make a bootable USB for Seatools for DOS, but frankly I don't see any advantages

How To Create Bootable USB Disk For Seagate SeaTools For DOS

A Guy

 

[timeless]

ld been using the windows version, but like l said its weird whenever l use chkdsk it always stops at a certain record l have it set to check for file system errors.

but if seatools has a chance of fixing the issue ld be interested in know exactly what options to use because l thought most of the options are drive testing rather than file system checking.. because like l said every time it gets to a certain part the drive just stops responding and becomes inaccessible with a with the error "access denied" at the specific record.

 

[Ztruker]

What about connecting it to another computer (friends?), see if the same problem occurs there. If yes then it's a external drive problem and if you don't want to lose all the data on it you need to find a way to back it up somewhere, maybe get another external drive

 

[timeless]

lm not made of money lol.

like l said tho it wants to run chkdsk but it seems to stop on one record using it in windows, is there a tool l could use to scan the drive and find out the issue? ld rather not have to find places to store a 1TB of data as l dont have that kinda space at all between either my laptop or my internal storage and l cant afford another drive, would be equally problematic connecting to my system as my wiring is a mess :/ at the moment.

 

[A Guy]

The Seatools does just that, scans the drive looking for errors. I posted a tutorial showing all the options. Have a look through it. I understand disk check is failing at a certain point, that's why perhaps Seatools for DOS, running outside of windows will discover a problem, it then offers to try and fix it.

A Guy

 

[timeless]

cant seem to get it to pick up with the dos tools in dos, that being said its not picking it up as connected in bios either which is annoying. however l did a short generic test in windows with the non-dos ver which picked up no problems.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Good idea Z and timeless there is another form of disk tester in Partition Wizrad that actually tests the surface of the spinner Best Free Partition Manager Freeware and free partition magic for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.

PS I should have said click on the pic of the drive at the end NOT the partition area

 

[gregrocker]

You need to test the drive and not just the file system. Use Seatools which is quite good. See if it will repair it enough to complete Disk Check or Partition Wizard Check File System.

You should always have your files backed up anyway. If you can't afford another HD or have space to put them for the operation, you can upload 7gb to Skydrive free with each Windows Live ID. More here: Sync, Backup and Store your Files to the Cloud with Skydrive - Windows 7 Forums

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep Greg that's why I suggested the surface test in the previous post I've found it really good in the past at picking out the older drives or ones that have may been dropped and physical surface damaged - if that is indeed what it says it does

 

[timeless]

funnily enough ld already ran that test with no issue.. yet it still wants me to run a disk check and still stops at one particular record.

 

[gregrocker]

Which test? Please be specific. Have you run Seagate Seatools booted CD Long test?

If so and it passed run the Disk Check from booted installer or System Repair disk's Command line as shown in Option 2 of tutorial.

Access Command Line by pressing Shift + F10 at first screen after booting.

 

[timeless]

problem is l cant seem to access the drive outside of windows on either system so any tool l run has to be within windows.

 

[timeless]

lve no problems at all booting into the disk, it just doesnt show my externally connected drive.