1 TB USB Drive Is Errored

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

My 1 TB USB Drive has Errors on it & using the default Windows Error check would take hours on end to fix. Is there a quicker & faster way to fix this w/out waiting so long?

[veeg]

Hello Eddie

@Bruce @gus

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

Hello Eddie

@Bruce @gus

Hello, do you have a solution 4 me?

[Bruce]

there’s only one way to check the sectors on a drive for errors - and that’s to check each sector on the drive.
depending on the switches you pass chkdsk, you could just do a quick scan, but it won’t find any errors with the drive until the time that spot on the drive gets written to - then it’s too late.

with the cost of drives being so cheap, with 1TB units selling for $55 why would you even bother re-using a storage medium you can no longer trust.

[jmarket]

Is there a quicker & faster way to fix this w/out waiting so long?

Nope. If you dont want to wait, buy a new drive..

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

I changed my USB type to NTFS to see if that will clear the issue. So far I haven’t had an error >>yet<<. I’ll leave my bigger files for last in case I run into the error w/ my lighter files.

PS: Please leave this open till I buy my new TB Drive or until my current one is error free.

[veeg]

You have a time line Eddie..?

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

You have a time line Eddie..?

So far it’s still working, the real test is when I get to my bigger files which are my gaming files & I have a lot of them.

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

I’ll let you know when I get to them.

[veeg]

(y)

[veeg]

So you know i will be asking for an update in about a week..

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

So you know i will be asking for an update in about a week..

I’ll let you know what happens. (y)

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

The bigger files are going in, I’ll have to let those go in over night & if it get’s done, I’ll let you know how it went.

[veeg]

Thanks for the update..

[Eddie_Paul_Litz]

The bigger files are going in, I’ll have to let those go in over night & if it get’s done, I’ll let you know how it went.

Instead, I’ll just get a better 1 TB drive. The one I have has a slow data transfer anyway & i’m not sure what version it is but it’s not no 3.0 though. I’m not sure when I’ll get to the store nor when I’ll get the $ for it though.

PS: Again, leave this open till I get it & let you guys know how it works out please.