Windows 10: Folder not accessible corrupted or unreadable, driving me nuts!

Hi there,

My pc has been plagued with this issue for quite a while now.
I have two drives. One is an NVMe Toshiba which I use for the OS and software.

Then I had a Seagate SATA 2tb. After some time entire folders started to disappear. Luckily, most of the time a simple chkdsk /f d: would recover the files. It was getting frustrating and I did several tests: ram, bios, and S.M.A.R.T.
From the S.M.A.R.T. it turned out there were many bad sectors. I bought a new drive, another Seagate which I tested on another computer first and there were bad sectors right away, therefore I sent it back. It happened with a third drive, another Seagate. After losing trust in Seagate I went with Toshiba and so far I didn't find any bad sectors.

On top of that, before installing the new Toshiba I've also re-installed the OS and all the software from scratch.
Everything worked fine for about three months but now I'm getting the same issue again!!!
I checked the hard drive and everything looks fine.

Can this be a Windows issue?
Is anyone aware of similar cases?
It's really driving me crazy. I use my PC for work and it's now very stressful. I do backups every day but the feeling now is that I can never be sure about my data.
I really, really hope that someone here has some info to share regarding this crazy situation.

Thanks

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Windows 10 - Folder on SSD "The File Or Directory Is Corrupted and Unreadable"

Hello,
It says :"The File Or Directory Is Corrupted and Unreadable", when trying to open a recently created folder on the second SSD drive (D), after moving many files from SSD drive(C) to that newly folder, I was never able to access that
folder, first time I tried it said that error message.
On properties, general tab, it says Size: 0 bytes and Size on disk: 0 bytes
What possible steps could one take to recover the files? (Already tried running chkdsk /f d: on CMD)
What could have caused this? Thanks

 

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.

 

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