I have two WD 1TB Blue HDDs in my PC, one for my OS (C: ) and one for storage and backup (F: ). I've decided to move my Users folders (Docs, Downloads, etc.) from C: to the F: using properties->location->move.
It was fine a first, but when it finished moving 2 of these folders (while still moving the rest), it got stuck- showed 100% complete, 0 seconds/bytes left, but didn't close. A few minutes later it was finally done and I had only 2 remaining copying "tabs", but I got an error on the folder that was still being copied- it said it can't copy the files because they are corrupt, on both tabs- both my Downloads and my Music folders.
I tried "try again", didn't work. "Skip"- same error for the next file. I copied my Music folder to my C: drive and it worked, so files were not corrupt.
When I tried to access some of the folders on F: I got an error, saying the folder is corrupt, while some folders worked fine.
I canceled the copying, but F: still had the same errors on many folders. It had 100% usage but no writing or reading.
I tried restarting but it wouldn't shut down- essentially my F: drive wouldn't shut down. After a few minutes, I pressed the power lid until it shut down, but then my PC wouldn't boot- It got stuck in a boot loop when I tried using Win 10. After a few reboots It tried to go into Win repair, but it was just a black screen. I could see my mouse cursor, but nothing else. I then went on to try using Ubuntu (both regular and recovery mode), booting from an Ubuntu live cd- nothing worked.
I tried using a Win USB to repair, but there were just a purple background and a mouse cursor.
I then tried to disconnect the SATA cable from F: and all of a sudden everything worked fine and I was able to boot. I connected the SATA after windows booted, but I couldn't use the storage manager or device manager (just got stuck and wouldn't respond).
Explorer also had problems- it showed F: but it just tried to load it and just got stuck with the green bar at the end. If I try to click on F: explorer just freezes and not responding.
Couldn't run chkdsk- it was excruciatingly slow and just got stuck at some point. I couldn't format or use something like HD Tune- they just get stuck.
The disk is at 100% usage, not read or write- occasionally it would show something like 135KB/s read for a second and then back too 0.
When I disconnect the SATA everything, all of a sudden every program or folder I tried to open, open. HD Tune, WD's tools, Defragmenter, etc.
One more thing- the F: drive is the main partition, but I also have an E: folder on that drive, It's called something like "System recovery" and it was on there ever since I installed win 10.
It has 148MB free of 548MB. I managed to run chkdsk on E: not F: and I can also see on file explorer that I have 148MB of 548MB free on E: but I can't see that same info on (F: ).
Either way, I can't access any partition of that drive.
It had both my backup folder and my Users folders. Luckily most of my data is still on my C: as I canceled the moving after seeing the error, but there are still files I need.
Is there anything I can do to fix the drive?
It was fine a first, but when it finished moving 2 of these folders (while still moving the rest), it got stuck- showed 100% complete, 0 seconds/bytes left, but didn't close. A few minutes later it was finally done and I had only 2 remaining copying "tabs", but I got an error on the folder that was still being copied- it said it can't copy the files because they are corrupt, on both tabs- both my Downloads and my Music folders.
I tried "try again", didn't work. "Skip"- same error for the next file. I copied my Music folder to my C: drive and it worked, so files were not corrupt.
When I tried to access some of the folders on F: I got an error, saying the folder is corrupt, while some folders worked fine.
I canceled the copying, but F: still had the same errors on many folders. It had 100% usage but no writing or reading.
I tried restarting but it wouldn't shut down- essentially my F: drive wouldn't shut down. After a few minutes, I pressed the power lid until it shut down, but then my PC wouldn't boot- It got stuck in a boot loop when I tried using Win 10. After a few reboots It tried to go into Win repair, but it was just a black screen. I could see my mouse cursor, but nothing else. I then went on to try using Ubuntu (both regular and recovery mode), booting from an Ubuntu live cd- nothing worked.
I tried using a Win USB to repair, but there were just a purple background and a mouse cursor.
I then tried to disconnect the SATA cable from F: and all of a sudden everything worked fine and I was able to boot. I connected the SATA after windows booted, but I couldn't use the storage manager or device manager (just got stuck and wouldn't respond).
Explorer also had problems- it showed F: but it just tried to load it and just got stuck with the green bar at the end. If I try to click on F: explorer just freezes and not responding.
Couldn't run chkdsk- it was excruciatingly slow and just got stuck at some point. I couldn't format or use something like HD Tune- they just get stuck.
The disk is at 100% usage, not read or write- occasionally it would show something like 135KB/s read for a second and then back too 0.
When I disconnect the SATA everything, all of a sudden every program or folder I tried to open, open. HD Tune, WD's tools, Defragmenter, etc.
One more thing- the F: drive is the main partition, but I also have an E: folder on that drive, It's called something like "System recovery" and it was on there ever since I installed win 10.
It has 148MB free of 548MB. I managed to run chkdsk on E: not F: and I can also see on file explorer that I have 148MB of 548MB free on E: but I can't see that same info on (F: ).
Either way, I can't access any partition of that drive.
It had both my backup folder and my Users folders. Luckily most of my data is still on my C: as I canceled the moving after seeing the error, but there are still files I need.
Is there anything I can do to fix the drive?
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