Is my nearly full 10TB external hard drive failing?
I use a nearly full 10TB external hard drive to store video files. Over the past few days, it has occasionally disappeared from my PC until I unplugged…
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Is This 4TB External Drive Defective or Counterfeit?
I recently bought a 4TB Seagate OneTouch portable external HDD and wanted to test it thoroughly before using it. Windows recognizes the drive and shows the expected usable…
How long should Fixing (C:) Stage 2 take?
The Windows disk repair process for the C: drive has been stuck around 72–74% during Stage 2 for at least 10 minutes, although the percentage is still slowly…
Should I let the C: drive repair continue when Stage 2 seems stuck?
Windows is running a repair on the C: drive, and Stage 2 has been hovering around 72–74% for at least 10 minutes while continuing to move very slowly.…
Windows Says There’s a Problem With My USB Drive, but CHKDSK Finds Nothing
Windows keeps showing a "There's a problem with this drive" warning for my USB flash drive. When I choose "Scan and repair," Windows says it couldn't repair the…
Windows 11 Runs Drive Repair on Every Boot—Should I Back Up First?
My Windows 11 PC displays "Scanning and Repairing Drive C" every time it starts. I'm also having issues such as the taskbar search box failing to load. Command…
Windows 11 Runs “Scanning and Repairing Drive C” on Every Boot—Should I Back Up First?
Every time I start my Windows 11 PC, it displays "Scanning and Repairing Drive C." I'm also having issues such as the taskbar search box never finishing its…
Windows Says There’s a Problem With My USB Drive, but CHKDSK Finds Nothing
My laptop keeps showing a "problem with this drive" message for a USB drive. When I choose "Scan and repair," Windows says it couldn't repair the drive, but…
PC froze and now only boots into BIOS or Automatic Repair—how can I recover it?
My PC froze unexpectedly, so I powered it off. Since then, it will not boot into Windows and only takes me to BIOS or Automatic Repair. System Restore…
Could a failing NVMe drive be causing BSODs and apparent filesystem corruption?
I have two SSDs in my PC: an NVMe drive containing Windows and a SATA SSD used mainly for games and storage. Recently the computer froze, showed a…
Why does my C: drive randomly hit 100% usage and freeze Windows?
My C: drive randomly reaches 100% active time, which causes programs to freeze or crash. It can happen while gaming, browsing, or doing nothing specific, and a hard…
Windows 11 Won’t Boot After Repeated Corruption Errors
My computer began restarting unexpectedly with black screens and several different errors mentioning corrupted files or drivers. After updating the drivers, it eventually stopped booting and showed a…
Is My E: Drive Failing, and How Can I Fix the Recycle Bin Error?
For the past day, Windows has repeatedly shown a message saying that the Recycle Bin on my E: drive is corrupted and asking whether I want to empty…
New WD SN8100 SSD Shows as RAW and Won’t Format
I installed a new WD SN8100 SSD in the second M.2 slot of my MSI PRO B650 system. My existing drive is in slot 1 and contains data…
Why Is My HP ENVY 360 Reporting an Imminent SSD Failure?
My wife's HP ENVY 360 suddenly began displaying an "SMART drive imminent failure" warning during startup. The laptop contains a Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD. Windows CHKDSK reports no…
Why Is My HP ENVY 360 Reporting an Imminent SSD Failure?
My wife's HP ENVY 360 started showing an "SMART drive imminent failure" warning during startup, even though Windows CHKDSK reports no filesystem errors. The laptop contains a Samsung…
What should I check after my PC abruptly shut down during a possible power flicker?
My PC suddenly powered off while I was working in Microsoft Word, possibly because of a very brief outage or electrical surge during heavy rain. Other devices, including…
Why is CHKDSK taking so long on my Lenovo IdeaPad?
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 340-15IAP with a Celeron processor, and the Novo button is broken. The computer previously failed to boot and displayed a "BIOS not detected"…
Why are two Samsung 870 EVO SSDs reporting bad blocks when SMART says they’re healthy?
I have two 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSDs. After an unexpected reboot, Event Viewer began showing thousands of errors such as "The device, \Device\Harddisk2\DR2, has a bad…
OneDrive shows an invalid filename with Chinese characters and won’t sync
I'm worried something may be wrong with my computer. When I started it, OneDrive reported that a file name wasn't allowed and displayed some Chinese characters. Clicking "Rename"…