Restart to repair drive errors not working?


SwitchS

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I was shutting down my pc and I ended up hitting the outlet with my foot and it killed the power, afterwards I noticed while booting up there was a notification saying to skip disk checking press any key. In windows everything is running fine crystaldiskinfo shows everything good but now it says c drive is optimization is not available and if I go to error checking for c drive it says errors found restart to repair which does nothing and kinda of just loops and says the same thing when I go back to it after rebooting.

I ran SFC /scannow and nothing was wrong, anything else I can do to fix this?
 

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Maybe chkdsk c: /f? (Run it from a command window with admin privileges.)

You could try it first without the /f (fix) switch, which would just test the drive's files.
 

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thanks for the reply, I tried chkdsk and it said nothing was found and I tried it the /f one also but still having the same issue
 

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Ended up finding another post that said to boot into safe mode and the initial disk check would do the repair and that fixed it, for some reason the one outside of safe boot wasn't
 

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Thanks for posting back.
 

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Hello SwitchS,

Some users are facing the Restart to repair drive errors notification popping up in the Action Center on their system. The error occurs if the operating system fails to recognize the hard drive correctly.

Moreover, you might come across such an error if your hard disk has corrupted sectors or if it has been infected with malicious software.

You can follow the below ways to troubleshoot the issue,

Perform CHKDSK scan:

  • Firstly, press the Win logo, and type cmd.
  • Now, right-click on cmd and open with Admin rights.
  • Then, type the following command and hit enter,
Code:
CHKDSK C: /F
  • Next, type the below command and hit enter,
Code:
CHKDSK C: /R
  • Lastly, restart your system after the CHKDSK process gets completed.

Execute System File Checker(SFC) scan:

  • Firstly, click on Start, and type cmd, to open a command prompt.
  • Now, right-click on Command Prompt to open with Administrator rights.
  • Then, type the below command and hit Enter to proceed:
Code:
sfc /scannow
Note: You will have to wait until the process completes.
  • Lastly, restart the Windows system to check for the error.
The SFC command will find and fix corrupted system files.

If the issue persists, you must follow the below steps to fix the issue,

  • Firstly, press the Win logo, and type cmd.
  • Now, right-click on cmd and open with Admin rights.
  • Then, type the following command and hit enter,
Code:
fsutil dirty query g:
  • Next, type the below command and hit enter,
Code:
CHKNTFS /X G:
  • Now, reboot your system.
  • Then, open CMD with Admin rights after windows loads completely,
  • Next, type the following command and press enter,
Code:
Chkdsk /f /r g:
  • Lastly, type the below command and press enter,
Code:
fsutil dirty query g:

Execute DISM Command:
  • Firstly, click on Start, type cmd, and open the command prompt.
  • Now, right-click on Command Prompt to open with Admin rights.
  • Then, type the below command and hit Enter.
Code:
exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
  • Lastly, restart the system to check whether the issue persists.

DISM command will repair any corrupt files causing the issue. By default, it uses your Windows Updates files to repair files.

Thus, I hope the ways mentioned above help you to fix the Restart to repair drive errors on your system. If the issue persists, you can update it here.

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Regards,
Rex M
 

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