Cannot delete a file. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
Well, the filesystem is corrupted. You have to fix it.
Right-click the card in Computer, select Properties → Tools → Check.
If you prefer command line, chkdsk /f X:
will do the same thing (replace X:
with the drive letter). The /f
switch means 'fix errors found`, as usually chkdsk will only report errors.
This may be an indication that the SD card will fail soon, make sure your backups are working and prepare a spare card.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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MyDaftQuestions about 1 year
I have a file on my laptops SD card. I use the SD card as an extension of my hard drive.
When I try to delete this file (.jpg) I get the following error message
Error 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
A quick Google search of this provides results for this error message during installation of Windows or on a Server.
I attempted the following command
del f "D:\GitHub\Site\Photoshop\restaurant-644504_1920.jpg"
But I get a similar image about it being corrupted.
I am able to write files to the SD card, amend files and delete files. This issue is occurring with only 1 file.
How can I remove this corrupted file?
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IiroP over 6 yearsCan you write anything to SD card?
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MyDaftQuestions over 6 years@liroP yes I can (updated post)
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MyDaftQuestions over 6 yearsIs this different to
chkdsk /f
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gronostaj over 6 yearsIt's either
chkdsk /f
orchkdsk /r
, AFAIR it's/f
by default but you can check a checkbox to make it/r
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MyDaftQuestions over 6 yearsWell the
chkdsk /f
worked. Can you update this in your post please so I mark it as answer @gronostaj -
gronostaj over 6 yearsDone! (minimum character count...)