Thursday, April 7, 2011

Fix external HDD: the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

When you trying to open the external hard disk it says is "not accessible and the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." And it is showing Zero bytes with you check the drive properties.

Here is the steps to solve the problem, please try:

1) At your Windows > Click on Start button
2) Choose: Run
3) Enter: cmd
4) Example E drive is your portable drive, enter this command: chkdsk E: /r
5) you will see the screen start repairing the disk drive, just wait until 100 percent completed.

Note: To make sure it is safe before you browse the contents, Right click the drive at My Computer & Scan it with your AntiVirus tool.

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