How to fix inpage error on external hard drive?

cyberwarrior411

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Hello folks I was wondering if an external Hard Drive that reads inpage error can be fixed,
We are talking external 1 terabyte HD. cause ...could of been from data transfer interruption.
any help would be appreciated thanks,...
cyber
 
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Hi Cyber, & Welcome to Tom's Hardware!

Have you tried the cmd Chkdsk /f/r DriveLetter:


With you system booted up, and the ext drive connected, Open the CMD prompt, run as administrator. Type the above command with the 2 switches, then a space, and the drive letter of the ext drive and the colon.

It will take some time, probably 4-6 hours for a 1 TB disk. There is a reasonable chance that will correct the inpage error you are getting.

John_VanKirk

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Hi Cyber, & Welcome to Tom's Hardware!

Have you tried the cmd Chkdsk /f/r DriveLetter:


With you system booted up, and the ext drive connected, Open the CMD prompt, run as administrator. Type the above command with the 2 switches, then a space, and the drive letter of the ext drive and the colon.

It will take some time, probably 4-6 hours for a 1 TB disk. There is a reasonable chance that will correct the inpage error you are getting.
 
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cyberwarrior411

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ok thanks John I am on it ,will keep you advised,though it may take a while to find the time.
Regardless I'll let you know...It seems so logical wonder why I never thought of it..
thanks :)
 

cyberwarrior411

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Hello John and thanks...
I did what you said and it worked fine.All is well and i never lost any data...
It was so easy, I am embarrassed to even ask,But I did,
and I am thankful you responded with the answer,the only answer...
Take care and once again,
..you rock!!!