Windows 10: cannot select disk D without crashing the file explorer and other

Hi,

I just reset my windows 10 since I think it is about time I do.
so the main problems are:
extremely slow booting up times it used to be ~12 seconds, now it takes 2 minutes
crashes every time I try to interact with my local disk D:

If the specs have anything to do with it, they are here:
Toshiba HDWD110
Kingston SA2000M where windows is located

I factory reset my pc today around 6 hours ago and I tried to open my HDD drive because there was no blue line indicating the storage or anything.
So I right clicked it and waited for it to load, after around 2 seconds my file explorer crashed, at the time I was with a couple of friends on discord, I couldn't do anything with the file explorer, discord was working perfectly and so was everything else. Yes I did try to end the task, then run explorer.exe.

At this point I am too tired from everything, I skipped school just to fix this and I am not letting it go to waste.
if anyone knows a fix for at least ONE of them, I will love you forever.

Thanks for any info.

:)

 

File Explorer crashes

The file explorer always crashes on hard drive d: when files are viewed in "list" mode, when switched to "details" it seems ok.

Any idea why?

 

File Explorer


What I saw from the Disk Management, You did not do a clean install, you probably did an in place upgrade. The 100MB System Reserved is normally used in Window 7. For a fresh install the Disk partition scheme should be as follows:

1. 500 MB System Reserved partition
2. C- Drive.

Since you did not have to many apps installed, I would re-install Windows 10 as suggested above. It is better to have your Windows installed on the first sata port (Disk 0) so I suggest to open the case and connect the cable from disk 0 to disk 2 where you have C: drive. Disconnect the other cables for now and do the steps below:

1. Boot up with Windows installation media
2. On the first screen. Press SHIFT + F10 and type
   diskpart
   select disk 0
   clean
   exit
   exit
3. Continue with Installation, select the unallocated partition then click Next (Do not create partition/format. Let Windows create the needed partitions.
4. Once done, reconnect the other cables for drive D and E.
5. Reboot, your Disk 0 should contain 500MB system reserved and C drive.

 

file explorer crashes

Hi Stefano,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Appreciate the steps that you have taken so far to fix this issue.

Please be assured that we will do our best to help you.

This problem may be a sign of hard-disk damage. When a file resides on a damaged area of the hard disk, Windows cannot access the file. When this occurs, the program crashes.

Let us try the following steps, and check if it helps.

Step 1: End the Windows Explorer process and create the new one.

• Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc, under Process tab, search for
  Windows Explorer.
• Right click on it and click on End task.
• Click on File in the Task Manager at top left corner of the window and select
  Run new task.
• Type explorer.exe and click on OK.
  

Step 2: Run the Chkdsk.exe program to try to recover files from any damaged areas of the disk. To do this, follow these steps:

• Press Windows + X keys.
• Click on Command Prompt (Admin) to bring up an elevated command prompt.
  
• In the command prompt type chkdsk /r and then press
  ENTER.
• Press Y, and then press ENTER.
• Restart your computer. During startup, Windows will scan your disk for errors, and Windows will try to recover any files that are located on damaged areas on the disk.

Disclaimer: While performing chkdsk
on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive, while the bad sectors might be recovered however there might be pertinent data loss.

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.