Symptom: Drive made clicking sounds and froze CHKDSK at 0%. Fix: Canceled CHKDSK. Used a professional cloning tool (HDDSuperClone). Sent to lab – failed heads. CHKDSK would have destroyed the drive.
chkdsk X: /f
Basic repair command:
Look under and note the letter assigned to your external drive. Step 2: Launch Command Prompt as Administrator Click the Start menu and type cmd . Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator . Step 3: Run the Repair Command chkdsk on external drive fix