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How to: Fix Fatal Errors on External Hard Drives for Good - ITechBrand

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  • Receiving a fatal error message from an external hard drive might be frustrating, but remedies are available.
  • A catastrophic device hardware issue can be fixed by rebooting everything, including your PC and external hard drive.
  • To avoid the fatal errors, you can rescan the hard drive and conduct further disk tests.
  • You can also use two specific instructions to scan the hard disk for faults detailed below. So keep reading!

What causes fatal errors on external hard disk drives?

There are several triggers for the hitch:

  1. An incorrect partition table may cause the hard disk to no longer to be recognized by Windows‘ disk management application.
  2. An incompatible or defective USB cable can cause this error for many external hard drives.
  3. The snag can also be caused by significant performance issues caused by factors such as faulty sectors or corrupted files.
  4. Mechanical damage caused by an unintentional fall or mistreatment of Firmware and viruses.

What can I do about the fatal errors on my external hard drive?

1. Restart your computer

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Remove the external hard disk and turn it off (the types that use a separate power cord).
  3. Restart your computer.
  4. Return the hard disk to its original state.

Although it may appear to be a simple solution, restarting the entire system can help in some cases. The obnoxious message may be removed.


2. Switch the USB ports around

Some USB ports provide insufficient power to USB hard disks, or specific ports have technical difficulties. USB hubs are especially vulnerable to this.

Furthermore, different ports on the PC may serve different purposes, so experimenting with a few different ports can be advantageous.

So, disconnect the disk from the present USB port and connect it to one of your computer’s ports directly (not on the hub).

3. Look for problems with your hard disk in Device Manager

  1. Hold down the Start button (or right-click) for a few seconds.
  2. On the context menu, choose Device Manager.
  3. Find any device with an exclamation point next to it (or other peculiar issues).
  4. If the hard disk appears in this list, right-click on it and select Uninstall.


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