Chkdsk can't fix errors on external drive

[jkelly33]

Chkdsk scan and repair has located errors on my WD Elements 2 gb external drive but cannot repair them.

Update: Doesn't appear my full post made it through. Looking for any utilities/help/advice on other ways to assess and fix errors. Windows event viewer gave the following error message when fixes failed. I'm not savvy enough to know what they mean. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Chkdsk was executed in read/write mode.

Checking file system on E:
Volume label is The Hatch.
Attribute record of type 0x80 is cross linked starting at
cluster 0x1 for possibly 0x2 clusters.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x90c0000, and allocated length 0x1000.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x1000, and allocated length 0x1000.
Attribute record of type 0x80 is cross linked starting at
cluster 0x1 for possibly 0x2 clusters.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x90c0000, and allocated length 0x1000.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x1000, and allocated length 0x1000.
Corrupt master file table. Windows will attempt to recover
master file table from disk.
Read failure with status 0xc0000483 at offset 0x8d620000 for 0x20000 bytes.
Windows cannot recover master file table. CHKDSK aborted.

 

[ahnilated]

Chkdsk scan and repair has located errors on my WD Elements 2 gb external drive but cannot repair them.

Update: Doesn't appear my full post made it through. Looking for any utilities/help/advice on other ways to assess and fix errors. Windows event viewer gave the following error message when fixes failed. I'm not savvy enough to know what they mean. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Chkdsk was executed in read/write mode.

Checking file system on E:
Volume label is The Hatch.
Attribute record of type 0x80 is cross linked starting at
cluster 0x1 for possibly 0x2 clusters.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x90c0000, and allocated length 0x1000.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x1000, and allocated length 0x1000.
Attribute record of type 0x80 is cross linked starting at
cluster 0x1 for possibly 0x2 clusters.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x90c0000, and allocated length 0x1000.
The non resident attribute of type 0x80 is inconsistent. The valid data
length is 0x90c0000, file size 0x1000, and allocated length 0x1000.
Corrupt master file table. Windows will attempt to recover
master file table from disk.
Read failure with status 0xc0000483 at offset 0x8d620000 for 0x20000 bytes.
Windows cannot recover master file table. CHKDSK aborted.

How old is this drive and is it still under warranty? I would suggest making a backup because it looks like the drive is failing. I would also suggest getting the information that you really need off of it quick. You have cross linked files and unreadable sectors.

 

[jkelly33]

How old is this drive and is it still under warranty? I would suggest making a backup because it looks like the drive is failing. I would also suggest getting the information that you really need off of it quick. You have cross linked files and unreadable sectors.[/quotemsg]


Thanks for the tip. I purchased the drive 2.5 years ago. I am already trying to get all of the data onto another drive. No way to attempt to fix these bad sectors or cross linked files other than chksk?

Not to get off topic, but I had no problems with this drive until recently. I plugged it into my router and started using it as nas at home a few weeks ago. Any chance using it as nas could have contributed to the problems it's having now? Seems like a hell of a coincidence. Thanks again.

 

[ahnilated]

I can't really say about another program that might fix it.

The NAS is a possibility if it isn't setup right or not working right as a NAS it could corrupt the files on the drive.