

If it fails, then you can consider the option of formatting your drive by visiting Windows Explorer.Ī quick format would work but if you want you can go for the full format option.

Press Y if the system asks you for a restart (in the case of internal drive). R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable data. X If required, it forces the volume to dismount before the scan. You can add more options to the command to make the scan process more rigorous.

It can be accessed in the Properties of a connected hard drive.

The Check Disk utility we use for repairing corrupt flash drives and SD card also works for rotating hard drives and SSDs. How to fix a corrupt hard drive using built-in Windows CMD tools and other options? It can show you the numbers related to individual hard drive attributes, as well as, it’s overall health, temperature, the number of start counts, total number of active hours, etc. details using a utility known as CrystalDiskInfo. Things get confusing when you have multiple hard drives connected, it doesn’t display the name, so, you will see an ‘Ok’ for each of the hard drives connected.Īlternatively, you can fetch S.M.A.R.T. But if it’s not Ok then you should worry about your hard drive dying in the coming future. It’ll show the SMART status of your hard drive as OK, this means everything is fine.
