How to fix ‘Windows detected a hard disk problem’ error?

How to fix ‘Windows detected a hard disk problem’ error?

How to fix ‘Windows detected a hard disk problem– One of the most commonly occurring problems which a user of windows often faces is the error of ”Windows detected a hard disk problem.” This problem often arises in OS Windows 10, Windows 8,  Windows 7Windows XP. The main causes for the occurrence of this error include the following

  • Failure of hard disk or drive
  • System errors such as registry error etc.
  • Logical or mechanical issue
  • File system corruption or damaged.
  • Bad sectors occur on the hard disk partition.
  • Virus attack.
  • False operation/human error etc.

Here are some solutions that will help you to fix the Windows detected a hard disk problem’ error.

Windows detected a hard disk problem

Solution1:Copy Disk for Backup

If you are encountering the same error, the first thing you need to do is to backup your valuable data to another hard drive. To fix this issue, you need to make use of tools like MiniTool Partition Wizard this is the best tool to back up your entire hard drive. This tool is highly compatible and is recommendable for your Windows XP/Visat/7/8/10.

  • Step 1: First of all you need to launch this free application and make a right click on source hard drive and then select the option of “Copy.” You can also click “Copy Disk” in the left pane.
  • Step 2: In the next step, you need to select a hard drive for copying the source content and then click on “Next” to continue.
  • Step 3: Now, you can preview the changes made by you. It is suggested to select to align partitions to 1MB; this can improve the performance of an advanced format hard drive or SSD. You can also make use of “Use GUID Partition Table for the target disk” feature this make your target disk become GPT disk.
  • Step 4: MiniTool Partition Wizard will explicate you that whether you want to boot from the target disK. Now, you need to configure BIOS setting and ensure that the new disk is configured as the default boot disk.
  • Step 5: In the last step, you need to click on the option of “Apply” to execute the changes.

Solution2: Scan and remove Virus:

Once you are finish with backing up the data, it is time to fix the hard disk failure. For this, you need to download the anti-virus software. Install it, scan the system, find the virus and clean it up. This problem of the virus may be emerging from some program that you have downloaded earlier. To solve the window detection error, you need clean this software from the virus.

Solution3: Run SFC to Fix System File

There is a tool in Windows 10 to fix this error if there is a disk problem and you are not sure that whether there is damage to system file on not. In this case, you can make use of a system file checker. This tool is easy to use and can be helpful to repair many issues.

  • Step 1: You need to make a right click on the “Start” menu and then run the command prompt as administrator.
  • Step 2: In the next step, you need to type “sfc /scannow” prompt, wait for a while until verification is done.

CHKDSK: First of all, you also need to run the Command Prompt as administrator and then type “chkdsk (drive letter) /f” to get the disk error.

  • Step 1: You need to open the Windows Explorer, and make a right click on the system partition,
  • Step2: Once you have finish the above step, select the option if “Properties”.
  • Step3: Click the option of “Tools” tab and click on the “Check” button.
  • Step 4: In this step, you need to select “Automatically fix system errors” and “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors,” then click on “Start” the process.

If in case, the issue “Windows detected a hard disk problem” is occurs due to system file error, after you perform chkdsk, the problem will be eliminated.

Solution4: Surface Test

This is another solution that can help you to fix the Windows detected a hard disk problem. You need to test all the hard drive and make sure that are some bad sectors or not; error message sometimes arises because of the bad sectors. To check the entire hard drive, you can make use of the MiniTool Partition Wizard also can help you.

  • Step 1: You need launch partition manager and enter the clear interface. Here you must select a target hard drive and then click on the option of “Surface Test” in “Check Disk” pull-down menu.
  • Step 2: Click on “Start Now” option to perform a disk test operation which will take few minutes. If any fault is detect, the software will mark them red.

If these solutions don’t work for you, this simply means that there are some issues in the hard drive. To get rid of this issue you need to repair the hard drive. For this purpose, you can take help from our technicians. All you need to do is make a call at our service helpline number. We will be happy to help you.