Windows 10: DirectX Update Corrupted My Hard Drive

About two days ago, I installed a game that forced me to download a new version of DirectX, well, I did, and my computer has gone haywire ever since, it now takes about 30 seconds to load a Chrome tab, the settings app crashes, so I can't do anything from there, and a bunch of .dll files are corrupted. I've tried sfcscan, I've tried doing a system restore, factory reset, booting into recovery mode, booting into safe mode, but they all brought up errors like "Can't reset this PC." or "Windows Resource Protection could not perform this operation." I even tried re-installing Windows 10, but the installation server would stop responding. I have an HP Elitebook 840 G1, running 64-bit Windows 10 Pro, a 500GB hard-drive, 4GB DDR3 RAM, and with an i5-4300U. Thank you all!

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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.

 

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

I had the very same problem and this worked perfectly!!!

 

Hard drive corruption

I'm guessing you may be putting corrupted files in your hard drive / may be a virus.