HDD Corrupt

BigPete1982 · May 18, 2018

So my nephew PC HDD is corrupt i believe its from being unplugged when it was doing a windows update my question is that can a corrupted HDD be reuse in any way possible or is it gone for good/unusable.

Mira Yurizaki · May 18, 2018

Corrupt only means the data on it is bad. You can format it and it'll be as good as new.

Now if data continues to become corrupted despite normal use, it's likely the drive is dying.

userzero · May 18, 2018

Before you say it's corrupt why do you say so? What error message are you receiving? List your specs and details for help.

meenmeen1103 · May 18, 2018

What I'd do:

1. Check smart status of drive with something like CrystalDiskInfo and if good...

2. Use CCleaner>Tools>Drive Wiper>Entire Drive, Simple Overwrite (make sure it's the correct drive)

Egg-Roll · May 18, 2018

To me it sounds like like it's a windows issue (assuming it's the install drive), in which case run windows recovery.

No idea why everyone is suggesting reformatting when it might not be necessary...

BigPete1982 · May 19, 2018

so first i like to say thank you for the help. I should have said this before (sorry) but i can not boot in to windows at all. when i first hit the power button it will BSOD for a short time and then reboot and try to do the automatic repair. i have let it go for a day and a half but zero change and i have no error message not even from the blue screen