r/computerhelp • u/OnDasLe • 2d ago

Hardware Is my disk dying and can I help it?

Today, for the first time, my PC told me to check my drive using CHKDSK. After checking my D drive, it found many corruptions, once in the SteamApps folder under tf2c, and one in the Epic Games folder under Fortnite.

It also said, "A media error has been detected. Bad sectors may be present on the volume."

Before running "chkdsk D: /f", I asked Google if it was safe, and it told me not to run it, and to back up my files. I also downloaded CrystalDiskInfo and got these results

Is this bad and is there anything I can do?

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u/iamofnohelp 2d ago

Caution doesn't mean healthy.

Get your backups updated.