We explain what causes hard disk drive errors, outline how to avoid data loss, and highlight six disk repair solutions.

CheckDisk may take time to complete the scan and repair if there are many errors, and you may have to restart your computer ...

However, this is Hackaday, not HireSomeoneADay, so [Matt]’s video on do-it-yourself hard drive repair is just what we like to see. The video begins with plugging the non-functional drive into ...

In this case, you can try running a repair installation to fix it. If Windows sees the hard drive when running a repair install, the drive is probably not broken. If the repair install doesn’t ...

If you can’t recover your data from the hard drive, use the following methods to repair the drive. Fix it with the CHKDSK command. Update your hard drive driver. Create a new volume using ...

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...