Windows 10: Drive not accessible - File or directory is corrupted and unreadable ; Full repair needed

Hello there Experts,Appreciate some advice on what is actually going on for my old HDD, and what are the next steps I should take.Background:My 10-year-old Win10 laptop got stuck in a boot loop. It had the blue screen of death previously but survived it. This time it had attempted automatic repairs but it didn't progress beyond that and would be stuck at the same boot black screen.Actions Taken:I brought it to a local repair specialist who replaced the old HDD with an SSD and installed Windows 11. The old HDD was placed inside an external HDD case as I had data inside that I wanted to acc

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Unable to access my one drive: "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"

I am unable to access my one drive and it's giving me an error message " The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"

* Moved from Virus & Malware

* Original title: File Corrupted

 

CANNOT DELETE A CORRUPTED FILE ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE ON WINDOWS 10

Hi Leenus,

Hard drive and other external memory storage can be corrupted on account of bad sectors which are no longer accessible or writable due to permanent damage. Your device or hard drive could also be infected by some type of malware. These are some of the possible
causes why you are experiencing the error "ERROR 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable". To address this concern, we suggest performing the following troubleshooting methods:

Method 1

Check and repair disk errors or corrupted file system. This process can fix "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" error caused by bad sectors, virus infection or file system corruption. To do so, follow these steps:

• Back up all of the files on the hard drive (except for the corrupted file).
• Using Search, type CMD.
• From the search results, right-click on Command Prompt and then choose Run as administrator.
• On the Command Prompt window, type chkdsk /f h: (h stands for your hard drive) and then hit the Enter key.
• Delete the corrupted file and check if you'll experience the same error.

Method 2

Format the hard drive. You can manually format the hard drive to permanently remove "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" error. These are the steps on how to format an external drive:

• Plug the hard drive into your computer.
• Back up all of the files on the hard drive (except for the corrupted file).
• Open File Explorer and then click This PC.
• Click the external hard drive's name, click on Manage tab and then click on Format.
  
• Click Start and then click OK.

Keep us updated with the result.

 

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

I have 4 of these errors, NTFS failed to mount the volume.

Error: {Corrupt File}

The file or directory %hs is corrupt and unreadable.

Please run the Chkdsk utility.

Volume GUID: {xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx}

Volume Name:

Guidance:

The volume is recognized by NTFS but it is corrupted that NTFS could not mount it. Run

CHKDSK /F to fix any errors on this volume, and then try accessing it.

Not sure whats causing it, doesn't tell me the volume, but I only have the one drive

with the recovery partition.