Windows 10 scan drive for errors6/6/2023 ![]() Notice that it started by telling us “We found errors on this drive”, and then finished by saying “No errors were found”. Scanning and repairing.Īfter it’s done, it’ll report whether there were any errors found. Windows will scan the drive (technically, scanning it again) and repair errors. Repair drive dialog.Ĭlick on Repair drive. After scanning the drive, if problems are discovered, you’ll be prompted to repair them. What you have is a “before and after” snapshot from which you can attempt to recover any files.Īs I said, most of the time, clicking on Scan and fix (recommended) is, indeed, the right thing to do. There’s no guarantee the data you copied isn’t damaged, or that CHKDSK hasn’t fixed the drive or the data. This way, if you find that the problem on the drive resulted in data loss, you’ve at least tried to preserve that data before CHKDSK ran. Copy it somewhere else via whatever mechanism you’re comfortable with. Most of the time, the right thing to do is hit “Scan and fix”.īut if you’re at all concerned, and particularly if the data on the drive you inserted isn’t backed up anywhere else, I recommend the following: It shouldn’t: repairing the disk (which means running CHKDSK on it) shouldn’t cause data loss. ![]() Unfortunately, fixing the drive includes some risk. (To be fair, at this point Windows doesn’t know, either.) Not only does it not indicate whether or not there is a problem, it doesn’t give you any sense of how serious a problem it might be. “There might be a problem” isn’t very helpful. The next time you attach such a drive, Windows may throw this error. By far the most common is unplugging a removable drive without using “Safely Remove Hardware”. The example above was manufactured, 1 but it can occur for a variety of reasons. “Do you want to scan and fix” “Do you want to scan and fix a drive” message. If you’re concerned about data loss, however, you may want to copy the data off the drive before running CHKDSK manually. ![]() Most of the time, allowing the scan and repair is the right thing to do. “Do you want to scan and fix” means Windows found an error on a recently-attached drive.
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