Recover data: How to fix the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable error?

Some of you may have ever encounter such error that says File or directory is corrupted and unreadable. As this error exists, you cannot access to the files. When you check the file system, you will find that the file system become raw. What caused this error and how to solve this problem.

Causes for The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

1. MFT or FAT corruption

Master File Table(MFT) is included in NTFS file system, it is very important in file storage. All the information about a file is stored in MFT entries. Therefore, once the MFT corrupted, the Windows system cannot access files from the file system. File allocation Table(FAT) is included in FAT file system.

2. Virus attack

As we rely more and more on computer, it’s very easy for our computer to get virus infection.The removable storage devices which we connected to computer is vulnerable to have virus infection. The virus can damage the file information, operating system, delete files,etc. If your external hard drive is infected by virus, your files will be lost or inaccessible.

3. Physical problem of your device

The physical problem of your device like bad sectors can cause files inaccessible or unreadable. If there are bad sectors on the device, the files on bad sectors will be unrecoverable.

4. Remove the device from computer by force

Improper way to remove device is a common reason for this error. Many people are careless to remove the device from the computer when it is still in data transferring.

Ways to fix the e file or directory is corrupted and unreadable error

Format the drive or partition

Format is a better way to solve most of drive problems but it will delete all the files on this device. So you need to be careful when you plan to format your drive. If you have to format the partition or the drive, you need to use a data recovery software to retrieve your files first.

How to recover data from corrupted and unreadable drive?

To recover files unreadable, you need to use a data recovery software. If your device can be detected by computer but you cannot access to the files, you need to recover the files and then format the drive to fix it.

Hdata recovery software provides powerful data recovery mode for data recovery. If your external storage device corrupted, you can try the mode of Deleted your files from flash disk to get back the files before formatting. If your internal hard drive are damaged, you may try the recovery mode of Hard drive partition lost or crash, or Universal recovery. As long as you have no mistaken operations which will cause data overwritten, you can 100% get your files back with data recovery software.