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Showmaker003
Jul 14, 2025Copper Contributor
CHKDSK is not available for raw drives
I’ve been using Windows’ free disk check tool called CHKDSK regularly to check my external drive (My Passport). But recently, when I tried to run it, I got an error message saying: “CHKDSK is not ava...
Kanliswam
Jul 25, 2025Iron Contributor
Think of your drive (like your external hard drive) as a book. Normally, the book has pages (data) organized in a way your computer understands — that’s called a "file system" (like NTFS or FAT32). When the file system is intact, Windows can read and check the drive easily.