Problem: I was extracting a file from winrar and alt-tabbed to a video game which made my PC stuck on a black screen. I tried alt+tab, crtl+alt+delete, and ctrl+shift+esc; but after minutes of nothing, I did a Hard reboot with the tower’s power button.
The victim: Western Digital “MyBook” external Hard Drive formatted in exFAT (was the default).
Not even 1 year of use (First time It’s given me a problem).
When moving files over one-another to replace the old &/or creating a file to the drive, I get
Error 0x80071AC3: An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file.
(Note: I can copy the files to another drive just fine, though don’t know how to tell if they’re damaged but I’m assuming they’re not.)
using DSKCHK /R:
Error: An unspecified error occurred (766f6c756d652e63 2f1)
Troubleshooting: Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics (DLGDIAG)
Under “Logical Drive:” the drive in question, L:, is listed but not listed under “Physical Drive:”.
(I can only select drivers under physical to check and recover errors, not the Logical Drive section).
Question: If I re-format the drive to NTFS, will this fix the dirty volume or will it still be prone to breakage/dirtiness in the future?
I’d like to explore other options before doing that however. Options I’ve searched online seem to only be helpful if using NTFS.
