Situatie
While trying to attach a USB/Pen Drive, Flash Drive, or other External Storage Device, users witness an error message, stating “You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?” Most of us may immediately click on the Cancel button to refuse formatting the disk since a lot of important data is stored on it.
Reasons To Receive This Annoying Windows Error
The problem may appear on an internal or external drive. The main causes for this issue are stated below:
- Incorrectly formatted drive
- Missing file system
- Faulty drives
- Bad sectors in the drive
Solutie
Pasi de urmat
Run SFC Command Line
- Go to the Windows search box and look for Command Prompt. Make sure you run the utility as an Admin.
- In the CMD window, type the command line: SFC/Scannow and hit the Enter button to execute it successfully.
- The command line will effectively repair corrupted system files.
- Once the process is completed, close the CMD window and restart your PC!
Free Your Drive For Problematic Errors
- Launch File Explorer and navigate to This PC.
- Now, simply right-click on the drive where you are facing the annoying error.
- From the new window, navigate to the Tools section and hit the Check button, under the Error-checking header.
- As soon as you click the Check button, another dialog box will pop up on your screen. Simply click the Scan drive button to let Windows check any errors or corruption with the drive.
Run CHKDSK Command Line
- Go to the Windows search box and look for Command Prompt, ensure you run the utility as an Admin.
- In the Command Prompt window, type: chkdsk f: f (Here the f: is the drive letter). Hit the Enter button!
- Once the utility checks your disk for bad sectors, simply restart your PC to implement the changes!
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