{"id":469,"date":"2019-03-19T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitdatasoft.com\/blog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2024-09-09T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:56:54","slug":"repair-corrupted-hard-disk-without-formatting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitdatasoft.com\/blog\/repair-corrupted-hard-disk-without-formatting\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Repair Corrupted Hard Disk without Formatting \u2013 Know How?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hard disk drive corruption\u00a0arises due to the file system errors, which turn hard drive RAW. Such errors are due to bad sectors, sudden system shutdown, software or hardware problems, and many times due to the physical damage.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0recover a corrupted hard drive, you can easily format it that is one of the simplest way to retrieve a corrupt drive. But, it\u00a0causes a permanent data loss.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we are going to discuss complete steps, which can fix hard disk drive corruption without formatting it. In other words, we can say it steps to repair a corrupt the hard disk without data loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">CAUTION:<\/strong>\u00a0Windows may show prompt to format corrupt (RAW) drive volume when you simply connect it or even turn on system. Click\u00a0on \u2018Cancel\u2019. DO NOT CLICK \u2018FORMAT\u2019 as it will outcome in the permanent data loss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Expert Solution to Repair Hard Disk Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitdatasoft.com\/data-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BitData Data Recovery Software<\/strong><\/a> is designed in such a way that you can easily recover all your data from corrupted or inaccessible hard drive in healthy form. You can use this software on Windows machine and get back you data without any data loss.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>3 Steps to Recover Corrupted Hard Disk without Formatting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Follow the steps to repair corrupt hard drive without formatting as mentioned below:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step 1: Run the Antivirus Scan to Repair Hard Drive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Connect your hard drive to Windows machine and utilize reliable antivirus software to scan your drive or machine. Occasionally, viruses or malware can cause these errors. Thus, an antivirus scan may recover\u00a0corrupt\u00a0hard disk and make it drive accessible.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2: Run the CHKDSK Scan to Recover Corrupted Hard Disk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>CHKDSK scan is worthy for storage drive and you must run it once a while. The CHKDSK symbols bad sectors and stops data corruption by fixing its file system errors.<\/p>\n<p>Follow instructions below to run CHKDSK scan as well as repair corrupt hard drive without its formatting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open Command Promptwindow<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that corrupt drive is connected to machine<\/li>\n<li>Assign a letterto corrupt drive through\u00a0Disk Management\u00a0tool, if it doesn\u2019t have one.<\/li>\n<li>Type\u00a0chkdsk \/r \/f X:where X is drive letter. Change X with your corrupted drive letter &gt;&gt; press \u2018Enter<strong>.<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Wait for it to end-up after that restart your machine to check if drive is accessible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0If you see any warning message then, press\u00a0\u2018Y\u2019on\u00a0keyboard\u00a0&gt;&gt; the\u00a0<strong>\u2018<\/strong>Enter\u2019\u00a0key.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 3: Run the SFC Scan to Retrieve Hard Drive Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SFC scan benefits\u00a0fix damaged or even missing Windows system files, which may cause the drive corruption. The scan authorisations system file integrity and substitutes corrupt or even damaged system file with cached copy saved within system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To run SFC scan, open elevated\u00a0Command Promptwindow &gt;&gt; Type\u00a0sfc\/scannow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If drive is external then, type sfc \/SCANNOW \/OFFBOOTDIR=c:\\ \/OFFWINDIR=c:\\windows<\/li>\n<li>Replace the letter c: with hard drive letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wait for the scan to finish and restart your machine. Check if you can use your drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In summation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hard drive corruption is logical problem that is one of the common cause for data loss across globe. However, you defend your hard drive secure from corruption by following best practices as we discussed in this write-up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard disk drive corruption\u00a0arises due to the file system errors, which turn hard drive RAW. 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