Windows 10: My Hard Drive got corrupted

Well I did a reformat to my PC because I was experiencing slow performance because I've installed a lot of software in it. When the reformat was done, I've installed all of the programs that I need and transfer the files from my 2nd drive before I did the reformat, I recovered all of the files Documents, Pictures I need and everything is done. The next day, I am just doing some gaming and stuff until the night came, my brother is using it and I'm just looking whatever he is doing then my PC went off Possibly due to overheating, when we rebooted my PC, suddenly it shows an error code 0xc000000f. I put my drive this has windows 8.1 installed and boot into it. I opened Windows Explorer then opened the Drive files, I go to Desktop to check some files then saw a pop-up message that says, the drive is corrupted or missing, so I turned off my PC and check all the connections and stuff This is a desktop btw, I booted to my Windows 8 then again I opened windows explorer then my Windows 10 drive just shows Local Disk E: NTFS, I opened it then kaboom a pop-up message shows up that says the drive is corrupted. I think this happened because of the sudden power off earlier but I'm waiting for your recommendation if I should reformat it I still have a backup for my files btw or Use a bootable disk to repair it.

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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.