Windows 10: Chkdsk on External Drive Windows 11 Pro x64

Hello AllBeen getting the following message Fatal Hardware Error--when using my WD Passport Red drive, it gets stuck at 90 percent with WD Drive Utilies complete scan, so i decided to run chkdsk on it, unforuately though says 50 hours til completeIs it safe to continue using 8 Core Intel I7 10700, while chkdsk scans this external? or would it go faster if i was to switch my activites til its complete as much as i can to Secondary Gaming Laptop I7 7700HQ, sure can't run triple AAA games on secondary system, but i can do most of my tasks on that one if needed. Advice is Welcome or suggestio

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External drive

Hi Richard,

There are several factors that can cause your external drive to not read DVDs even though the system is recognizing the device. This could be caused by a driver that needs to updated or corrupted files. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions
below:

• Just to confirm, the device that is not working properly is a external DVD optical drive?
• Were there any recent changes or updates installed on your computer?
• Have you tried to plug the external drive to a different port on your computer?

As a initial recommendation, we suggest that your run the built in troubleshooter in Windows 10. Kindly refer to the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooting” in the Search bar and press Enter.
• Click on “View All” in the top left corner.
• This will display the list of troubleshooters which are built-in in the computer. You can click on
  Hardware and Devices from the list and you can run the troubleshooter.

This will check for common errors that affect hardware on your computer and attempts to correct them.

We look forward to your response after completing the steps.

 

Toshiba External Drive wont respond even though it connects

Hi,

Thank you for coming back to us with the information.

Let’s check if this is an issue with external drive. I would suggest you to connect the external drive in different computer and check if you are able to open the drive.

Meanwhile, I suggest you to run check disk on the hard drive to see if there are any corruptions. Follow the below steps:

• 
  Press Windows key + X, click Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
  
  chkdsk /f

Disclaimer: While performing check disk on the hard drive, if any bad sectors are found then check disk will try to repair that sector. Any data available on a bad sector might be lost.

Once Check Disk completes, boot the computer and then check.

Hope this information is helpful. Let us know the status.

 

I cant access my windows 7 external backup drive content in windows 10

Hello Riki,

Thank you for posting your Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

To be able to assist you better, let us know a few more details on the below questions.

• Does Windows show the drive as empty?
• Have you checked if you are able to access the image files on a different computer?
• Do you have any specific drivers available for the external drives?

[*]As an initial recommendation, I suggest you to check the external drive for errors and check if the issue persists. Follow the steps to check for errors in the drive.
Follow the below steps:

1. Open This PC folder.

2. Right-click the drive or partition that needs to be checked and select
Properties.

3. On the Tools tab under Error checking click
Check.

Important: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

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Write to us with the updated status and the required information for us to be able to assist you further.