Recent content by Yrkano

I see, thank you 👍

Okay, thank you for the advice! My drive is 2TB. There is a signal and the PC looks fine now. I checked the log file, and it did scan, and with no problems found. I have the strange feeling that my PC comes with no interface for running CHKDSK on restart, but I don't know.

Hello! I have a C: drive that has my Windows 10 installation and all of my files on it, and I have a D: DVD drive that I don't use. It's a desktop PC that is around 8 years old, and I haven't run a CHKDSK scan in a while. I first ran sfc /scannow in an Administrator Command Prompt window, and...

Thank you, that's good to hear. Do you know if I can safely just run a quick format and get started now? If it got to 100%, does that mean that all the zero-filling and sector checking was done, but it failed to complete the last step of setting up the partition as ntfs? I'm just guessing here...

Oh, I'm sorry about that. I can't believe I forgot to allow anyone to view it. You should be able to now

Hello! I recently installed a new 2TB internal HDD in my PC because my old one was failing. (Here's the new drive I bought, in case that helps: https://a.co/d/7CZY9IE) This one came not formatted, and I've read that running just a quick format on a new drive can lead to corruption in the...

Thank you, very true. I was luckily let off with a warning the first time I had a problem with my drive, so I now back up thoroughly and often.

I guess that's it for trusting this HDD. Thank you for helping me avoid a possible disaster in the future!

That's good to know, thank you for the advice! I won't be relying on this drive, now that I know how unstable it is.

Thank you for the suggestion and all of the info in your other message! I'll be trying this program out.

Hi, I've had a couple of problems with my internal hard drive, and I would appreciate a knowledgeable opinion on my drive's health. I have a ~200MB internal HDD with my windows installation and my programs (drive letter is C), and another internal HDD that's 2TB, and it has all of my work on it...