I have an external hard drive of 500gb which I formatted with NTFS. I stored some data on it and now I realized that folders on the hard drive seem to be inaccessible, while other folders keep functioning properly. It also said 300gb occupied space, however the files that I had on there were only a few gigs.
I've used it for unimportant and redundant data so I'm not interested in getting anything back, but I want to know if there is a way to fix the problem so the drive stops loosing my data.
Any diagnostic tool I could use to test the drive thoroughly, maybe? I reformatted the drive (quick format), and it now shows 100% free space, so that is correct. But still, I don't trust the drive with any data anymore.
Is there a way to diagnose or test the drive? If I can't rely on it to keep my data, I have no use for it..
PS: I'm using Windows 8. All other external drives work fine on the same machine. Also, I may have not always safely removed the drive in the past.
I've used it for unimportant and redundant data so I'm not interested in getting anything back, but I want to know if there is a way to fix the problem so the drive stops loosing my data.
Any diagnostic tool I could use to test the drive thoroughly, maybe? I reformatted the drive (quick format), and it now shows 100% free space, so that is correct. But still, I don't trust the drive with any data anymore.
Is there a way to diagnose or test the drive? If I can't rely on it to keep my data, I have no use for it..
PS: I'm using Windows 8. All other external drives work fine on the same machine. Also, I may have not always safely removed the drive in the past.
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