Is there a way to fix critical structure errors on my Seagate hard drive?
Here’s what the diagnostic tool said, more or less. The fact that it saw 3 partitions and a number of files made me hopeful–but I assume majick is right and I’ll have to start over. Diagnostic Report SeatTools Desktop Disc Info: 3 Partitions Diagnostic Results Drive 1 SMART: Not Selected 90 Second: Passed File Structure Test: Failed Partition 1: Critical Errors 2 Critical Structure Errors 0 Non-Critical Structure Errors 328 KBytes in 8234 Files 28 deleted directories found ERROR Summary: Invalid File Size 2 Partition 2 (Harper) Results: Failed with critical errors Partition 3 (Pix) Results: Failed with critcial Errors Complete Surface Scan Result: Passed ********************** Summary: System Meory Test: Passed Drive 1 SMART: Not selected 90 Second: Passed File Structure Test: Failed Surface Scan: Passed Recommendation: If you are not experiencing data loss and Seatools reports File System Structure errors, they may be caused by a lock-up or failure to shutdown windows correctly. Many
