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How To Overcome The File Or Directory Is Corrupted And Unreadable

Tutorial on how to solve the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable on hard drives, flash drives and other storage media

Have you ever received an error message in the form of “The File Or Directory Is Corrupted Or Unreadable”? Error messages like that often occur on internal, external or flash drives. The purpose of the error message is that the file or directory you want to open has been corrupted or cannot be read.

This means that the system on your PC or laptop can no longer read the file you are about to open. This error does not only occur on the internal hard drive, but also occurs on an external hard drive or flash. If the error appears when you want to open a file that is on an external hard drive or flash, it could be because you accidentally nudged the USB cable until it was dislodged so that the file could not be read.

How To Overcome The File Or Directory Is Corrupted And Unreadable

Then, what if the error message appears when you want to open a file on the internal hard drive? The possible cause is because the file has an error. However, you don’t need to worry, because Windows has a powerful way to restore the file back to its original state. how do? Immediately, please follow the steps below.

1. First, please open CMD or Command Prompt on your PC or laptop. As in the image below. Or you can also open it via Run by pressing the windows icon + R on the keyboard simultaneously, then type cmd.

cmd

2. Then, please type the command chkdsk D: /F/R . Then, press Enter.

type command

Description:

CHKDSK D : Checking external hard drive D: (adjust to the hard drive you want to repair)

/F : This command is used to repair errors without scanning bad sectors.

/R : This command is used to repair errors, find bad sectors and recover data.

3. After you press Enter on the keyboard, the system will do Fix and Recovery automatically. As in the image below.

wait for process

This process will indeed take a long time depending on the size of the hard drive capacity and the capabilities of the PC or laptop you have.

4. If the process is complete, the display will look like the image below.

finished

5. Then, please open it Windows Explorer on your PC or laptop.

6. Then, please click right on the hard drive that you scanned earlier. Then, click Properties. As shown in the image below.

click properties

7. Then, please click the menu tab Tools which is at the top. As in the image below.

click tools

8. Then, in the Error Checking section, please click Check Now. As shown in the image below.

click check now

9. Then, please check the options you want. Or you just ignore the following options from the system. Then, click Start to start. As shown in the image below.

scan

10. Done. Now try to open the problematic file again. Tadaaaa.. Your file has been opened successfully.

However, sometimes it is possible that your corrupted file has been forcibly deleted by the system. So you will no longer be able to open it. If your files have not returned after following the steps above, try restarting your PC or laptop first. Then, repeat the steps above again. Good luck!

So this article discusses how to overcome “The File Or Directory Is Corrupted And Unreadable”. Hopefully the steps in this article can be helpful and useful for you. And hopefully your files can be returned intact as before. Thank you

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