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The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\DR3: which disk corresponds in Computer Management?

In Windows 10 64-bit, I went to Event Viewer saw this error: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\DR3 I looked in Computer Management > Disk Management, but not sure which ...
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Unable to copy any file to external HDD

I have WD My Passport 4TB External Hard Drive. When I try to copy any file to WD HDD, it gives me error: "Cant read from the source file or disk". But I can copy any file in HDD to my laptop....
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Full physical hd check

I would like to run a full, sector-by-sector, physical check on some external hard drives. As far as I know,chkdsk does not supply this option. Is there a workaround under chkdsk, or a good ...
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CHKDSK - Drive unusable after the scan

Drive is unusable after the CHKDSK scan. Any idea how I can fix this? It shows that the device is a raw device. I want to recover data and then format the drive. File record segment 1432 is unreadable....
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External HD defrag stuck at 0% consolidated - due to discrepancy?

I have an Acer laptop running windows 10. I have tried multiple times to defragment my external Hard Drive (Seagate) but every time it gets stuck 0% consolidated. I have run CHKDSK and I am posting ...
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Hard Drive Failure? - Reallocated Sector Count

I recently noticed Windows was extremely slow and some programs failed to run. The hard disk is checked during boot randomly. Sometimes checks go to Stage 5: 100s of thousands of sectors. After a ...
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Chkdsk for a specific directory or File !?!? The Syntax

I need help to chkdsk a specific Directory : F:\GOG\*.* I am too stupid to understand the chkdsk sytax for file: CHKDSK [Volume[[Pfad]Dateiname]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:Größe]][/B] [/scan]...
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Chkdsk Questions

Recently in running chkdsk /r on my system drive (platter drive, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit) I've gotten back results like: 4 EA records processed 76 reparse records processed Am I right in assuming ...
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Basic SSD disk corrupted after a clean Windows reformat

As the title stated, I've been using the disk (Adata SU650) for quite a long time and never had issues with it until lately I clean reformatted my PC and realized during the initial setup there's a ...
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Disk Mirror Failed After Clean Windows Reformat

I don't remember the specification of my late windows 11 but my HDD disk was working perfectly fine despite not having been defrag for a couple of months. Recently I reformatted my PC with a new ...
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How exactly does stage 5 in chkdsk /r work?

Stages 1-4 are mostly read only unless errors are found, but I'm more curious about stage 5, where it checks unused space for issues. How does that determine if a sector is bad? Does it write to the ...
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Windows recovery show disks as RAW, can't run CHKDSK, but Linux sees them normally

My disk is dying (increasing Reallocated Sectors Count) but every time CHKDSK fixed everything untill next time and I'd like to continue like this as long as possible, given that I know all risks and ...
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NTFS, chkdsk, check bad sectors and recover readable parts for only specified files?

It is a large disk and it seems all files but a few are readable. For the few files, reading fails at the same point. Something like position 1.5GB of a 5GB file. The SMART data does show ...
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How to delete fake bad sectors from hard disk?

I have a portable 5TB HDD. I was downloading data on it and it was 3/4 (or so, almost full) full with documents. I did chkdsk /f /v /r /x just to check it. It was shown to be perfect in HDD Sentinel ...
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How to know if CHKDSK is still running?

I am trying to repair one of my disks with CHKDSK. Unfortunately, I get the following message: "corruption was found while examining the volume bitmap" Now, I don't know if it is still ...

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