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Answered Bad sector in external hard drive 500 GB

  • Monday, January 28, 2013 5:08 AM
     
     
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    hi every one hope all you are fine. 

    i have external hard drive 500 GB W D(Western Digital). Problem is some of folder open and some are not. when i copy data from command prompt some of files copy and some are not. when i open it on windows then it can not open. when i open it on command prompt it can open but some of folders and files. 

    My question is how can i recover it. or is it have bad sectors or any other problem 

    how can i solve it. 

    Thanks
     

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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:48 AM
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    Hi,


    Have you use this external hard drive on another computer to check the result?


    Also use check disk tool to scan the disk:


    1. Open Computer by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Computer.

    2. Right-click the drive that you want to check, and then click Properties.

    3. Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking, click Check now. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

    To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select Automatically fix file system errors. Otherwise, the disk check will report problems but not fix them.

    To perform a thorough check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the drive itself, and it can take much longer to complete.

    To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

    4. Click Start.


    More detail information: Check a drive for errors


    Hope this helps.

    Vincent Wang
    TechNet Community Support