Windows 10: Windows needs to scan your drive and repair

Discus and support Windows needs to scan your drive and repair in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Often when I plug in media this message comes up and invariably when I follow it's advice it ends up in tears. Not once have I need to scan and repair... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Gusgf, Jan 20, 2019.

  1. Gusgf Win User

    Windows needs to scan your drive and repair


    Often when I plug in media this message comes up and invariably when I follow it's advice it ends up in tears. Not once have I need to scan and repair for the filesystem on the media to be read without issue. So why on earth is windows 10 posting this message. I've come across many user who are not tech savvy and also fall foul of this idiotic message only for all their data to be corrupted and lost.

    :)
     
    Gusgf, Jan 20, 2019
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  2. Xylee Del Win User

    Scanning and repairing drive (CWindows needs to scan your drive and repair :) Windows 10

    Hi,

    Windows 10 may have encountered a system file corruption after it was turned off while it was scanning and repairing drive (CWindows needs to scan your drive and repair :). For us to help you access your computer and end the scanning and repairing loop, we suggest that you perform a startup repair.
    Kindly follow the steps below:

    • Start your computer from the installation media, Insert the DVD or USB flash drive and restart your computer. Press a key once you see a message that says
      Press any key to boot from DVD.
    • On Install the Windows screen, select Repair your computer to the
      Windows Recovery Environment.
    • On the Windows Recovery Environment, on the Choose an option screen, select
      Troubleshoot
      .
    • Select Advanced options. Under Advanced options, select
      Startup Repair.
    • Startup Repair will now start Diagnosing your PC, and will perform an automatic repair.

    Meanwhile, if you don't have a disk or USB, download the ISO from a different computer and try creating a bootable disk or USB. Kindly refer to this

    link
    and follow the second option that says Using the tool to create installation media to install Windows 10 on a
    different PC.

    Please get back to us with the results.
     
    Xylee Del, Jan 20, 2019
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  3. scanned documents

    Hello,

    By default, scans are saved in a Scans folder inside the Pictures. Here are the steps on how to get there:

    • Press Windows and type pictures
    • Click Pictures and double-click the Scans folder.

    Furthermore, we suggest that you repair your Word application by following the steps on this

    link
    .

    Let us know how that turned out for you.
     
    Marilou Ser, Jan 20, 2019
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  4. JoeJY Win User

    Windows needs to scan your drive and repair

    Windows defender custom scan does not scan external drives

    I have Defender Windows 10. I tried using custom scan to select and scan external drives. The screen listing the drives comes up, but the "OK" button remains grayed out so unable to scan any of the drives listed. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
     
    JoeJY, Jan 20, 2019
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