Corrupted C: Drive

[wite]

Hey,

Well, I have fucked up my C: drive. Basically, on start up my computer says that I have an Error within my C: Drive, and that I need to recover my computer to a previous time in my Control Panel.
I tried to use Windows Recovery, but it fails and says the C: drive is unavailable. I tried to back up everything on my PC to a disk, and a USB, but it says the C: drive can't be found.
But, this part confuses me; I can still download programs, and they still install on my C: drive properly.
And even worse, the way my PC tells me to fix it, fails.
What can I do? Right now I am clueless.

P.S. I have searched all over Google, and they all say the same thing as my PC says, which fails.

Thanks,
Supa.

 

[Damon]

Mine is an Acer Aspire V3-571. Newer than what yours was.

Well tbh Acer aspires are shit ;/

 

[Gajeel]

If your C: drive is corrupted then

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is correct, you need to get your hard drive re-formatted. However, if the problem was there are Windows files that are messed around, then you can just re-install without having to re-format your drive. This will copy all your current C:\ files to C:\Windows.old, but your programs would need to be re-installed using the installer you used.

If you still have the installer, your license key (for your paid programs), etc. then it'll be great if you would back them up on a USB or external HD then reinstall/re-format your C:\ drive then install Windows.

 

[wite]

So far I can just do all the stuff I used to be able to, except I can't Back up my stuff..
If I just leave it will it harm my PC?

 

[Gajeel]

So far I can just do all the stuff I used to be able to, except I can't Back up my stuff..
If I just leave it will it harm my PC?

If you can post a screenshot on how the message that your C: is corrupted then we can see if it's a rogue or not... it never happened to me.

 

[wite]

If you can post a screenshot on how the message that your C: is corrupted then we can see if it's a rogue or not... it never happened to me.

No screenshot needed, I can do EVERYTHING as normal, but when I try to backup my files onto disk, it says "Backup Failed: Unable to reach files from corrupted Drive "C:" " So yeah, and on start up it checks disks and all I gotta do is press "Enter" to go to Windows.

 

[Gajeel]

Okay, then this is nothing 'lethal' ... all you need to do is.
1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator (right-click Command Prompt > Run as Administrator)
2. Type chkdsk on the cmd window, and let it finish it.

You should not skip check disks, they scan your system files and see if any is corrupted. That's is the purpose of check disk, to fix what is messed (by a program or a script/virus).

 

[wite]

Currently Scanning:

EDIT: Scan finished, no problems found!
Thanks Vineen!

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