Hard Disk Drive not finishing scan and repair sequence

I recently upgraded my Windows 7 Home Edition to Windows 8.1. It was working fine with everything until one of my extra internal drives disappeared. I have reset the computer and in the start up screen it reads scanning and repairing drive. the problem is
it gets to about 9% then goes to the log in screen. I log in thinking the process is done but I still do not see the drive back in the list of available storage devices. I am not sure if the information is still there but the drive does still show on the bios
screen. any ideas?

Hi,
Have you checked the Disk Manager? Is that drive can be found? If so, check its status, if it is Offline, please switch it to online.
If this drive cannot be found in Disk Manager, maybe this is a driver problem, you may need to download the latest driver for this drive.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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hi argiflex,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
AFAIK, if the HDD/ODD isn't recognized under BIOS then it's a sign that the device is already failing and needs to be replaced. You can try using a 2.5" SATA Enclosure to read the drive via the USB port on the G570 or on another PC but if the problem remains then you may need to replace the drive.
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Hard Disk Drive not Recognized as Startup Disk

Hi:
I am an experienced Mac user, and have been for 20+ years. But I need a little help.
I recently purchased a Western Digital 'Caviar Green" SATA internal 3.5" disk drive (model number WD15EARS-00Z5B1). I installed it into my Mac Pro as I have done with several other drives in the past.
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hi to all experts,
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Hi,
first stop sap.
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Hi and welcome to the forum!
Any SATA drive that is 2.5'' wide and 9.5mm high will work in your T500. The drive you linked to meets the requirement and thus will work.
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Hard drive c stuck at scanning and repairing 100% complete

My laptop had to start up because of a hard drive problem. During the restart, the laptop was apparently scanning and repairing itself, but it got stuck at 100%. So i force it to shut down. This happened many times, and eventually I decided to refresh the laptop. It was fine for a few months, then it happened again. What's wrong with the computer and what can I do/should I do?
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Hi Watermelons,
As the last replyer told, the hdd might be defective...
You can test this with am external diag utility. Many harddisk manufacturer have utilities for free. The best is, you use a tool which can be done with a self booting medium like CD-ROM. So, no operatind system ore other software could have influence on your HDD.
But (!) be carfully and read all information about this tool you will use. Some test funktion can destroy your data! The best is, you take a tool *in your language*. So you will understand everything. *First of all you should backup your data!!!* Why? Although most tools do not wipe your data, a crash during the tests could make your HDD inaccessable. And so your data!
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Long post, please be patient... :)
I have a fairly new (purchased 8/2013) Lenovo ThinkPad T431s with Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (updated from 8.0 -> 8.1). It has a very tricky error coming basically 8 / 10 boots:
Windows is Scanning and repairing drive...
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A corruption was discovered in the file system structure on volume \?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984}.
A file on the volume is no longer reachable from its parent directory. The parent file reference number is 0x2000000000002. The name of the parent directory is "". The parent index attribute is ":$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION". The file reference
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SSD disk has been changed (image from previous SSD copied back) ->
no solution, error remains
chkdsk /F /R -> no solution, error remains
SFC /scannow -> no solution, error remains
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth -> no solution, error remains after a few boots
TRIED using Windows 8.1 "Update & Recovery -> Refresh Your PC without affecting your files" -> Inserted the Lenovo "Operating System Recovery Disk Windows 8 Pro (OEM Activation 3.0 Required)" BUT Windows did not accept
that DVD claiming "The media inserted is not valid"... ???
Ended up calling Lenovo Support and they instructed me to order the Recovery DVD from
Lenovorecovery.com -> Unfortunatelly Windows does not recognice the DVD(s)...
mountvol returns:
\\?\Volume{4d337687-0033-42f7-8a8e-b6968b533cb3}\
(This is my C:\ drive where Windows installation resides)
\\?\Volume{e010cf9d-c04d-4c82-b517-3cda1b647fe7}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
\\?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
\\?\Volume{33f0062f-0aff-4fd2-8402-1c7911d86897}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
Then running fsutil dirty query on each returns:
Volume - \\?\Volume{4d337687-0033-42f7-8a8e-b6968b533cb3} is NOT Dirty
Volume - \\?\Volume{e010cf9d-c04d-4c82-b517-3cda1b647fe7} is NOT Dirty
Volume - \\?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984} is Dirty
Volume - \\?\Volume{33f0062f-0aff-4fd2-8402-1c7911d86897} is NOT Dirty
The chkdsk on the dirty volume
\\?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984}\ returned:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Insufficient storage available to create either the shadow copy storage file or
other shadow copy data.
A snapshot error occured while scanning this drive. Run an offline scan and fix.
Diskpart output on the same volume:
DISKPART> lis par
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Reserved 128 MB 17 KB
Partition 2 Recovery 1000 MB 129 MB
Partition 3 System 260 MB 1129 MB
Partition 4 Primary 146 GB 1389 MB
Partition 5 Recovery 350 MB 147 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 19 GB 148 GB
Questions:
1) Are my Partitions OK, haven't "touched" anything?
2) Excluded the dirty volume from boot checking with chkntfs /x
-> still the Error appears in Event viewer log (but Scanning is skipped/not shown anymore during the boot).
What is causing the error?
3) Why do I have three (3) recovery partitions?

What has happened in the past days:
A) Lenovo on-site-Support changed the motherboard -> had no impact on the error (which I expected).
B) I found
instructions how to manually create USB Flash stick with a booting Custom (OEM) Recovery Image.
C) Booted with USB and performed "Refresh your PC without affecting your files."
D) Windows was refreshed but...
-->>
Still the error remains (Windows scanning and repairing drive \?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984} on each and every boot.
1) Related Error in Event viewer (NTFS):
A corruption was discovered in the file system structure on volume \?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984}.
A file on the volume is no longer reachable from its parent directory. The parent file reference number is 0x2000000000002. The name of the parent directory is "". The parent index attribute is ":$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION". The file reference number of the
file that needs to be reconnected is 0x400000003db80. There may be additional files on the volume that also need to be reconnected to this parent directory.
2) Related Error in Event viewer (NTFS - Microsoft Windows NTFS):
Volume \\?\Volume{f62db2cf-efe4-4b55-a3f7-0e7db991a984} (\Device\HarddiskVolume5) needs to be taken offline to perform a Full Chkdsk. Please run "CHKDSK /F" locally via the command line, or run "REPAIR-VOLUME <drive:>" locally or remotely via
PowerShell.
-->>
Now Lenovo support is proposing a full re-install (to be performed by myself) of Windows as this is SW issue.
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- Refreshing my T431s with OEM Image does not help
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Hello and thanks in advance:
Laptop model: toshiba satellite l70d-a
Age: 3 months old
Problem: when loading laptop Scanning and Repairing drive C stuck at 100%. Nothing elso than removing the battery. Started suddenly. I have tried to see if there were hd problems but found nothing. Ideas?
Not sure what to do. Can anyone help?

Here i what I have found running glary utilities:
Volume label is TI80145100B.
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0 bad file records processed.
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Index entry 8E in index $I30 of file 77338 is incorrect.
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I have a Hp Pavilion g4-1016dx system, I have ran the system check and get a quick check Hard Disk 1 303 message. I realize my hard disk is going out, my system did not come with a recovery disk upon purchase. Is there any way of downloading the recovery system to disk or a USB drive from a different computer? Also, I was told the hard disk is not completely shot, I had just downloaded pictures and other items the day before the HDD failure, is there any way to salvage these myself without having to pay someone $$$ to recover these items?
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Thanks

Hi,
First, regarding your existing files, try the following.
One possible way to try and retrieve your files from a non-booting drive is to follow the process detailed in the link below. The Ubuntu operating system CD you create can run from the CD alone ( ie it doesn't have to install on the Hard Drive ) and I've often found it to be successful in retrieving data even from a failing Hard Drive. When you've created the CD, follow the instructions and see if you can back up your existing files.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/use-ubuntu-live-cd-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-windo...
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Order HP Recovery Discs.
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You can create a Windows 7 installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image ( this must be the same version that originally came with your notebook - this is listed as Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit ) from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source ( Digital River ).
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
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http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
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On my intial posting I declared 2 were 2.0 machines - when I was trying to be concise
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603-9796
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I am trying to connect my JVC Hard Disk Drive Camcorder to my IPAD 2 via the Apple camera kit. I am able to download photos, but video files not showing. Camera shows Mass Stoarge. How can I download videos please?

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http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/
 Cheers, Tom
Look at this link for convertion the .mod format.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/convert-mod-camcorder-video-format-mpg-instantly/
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