Reading this tutorial you may learn how to fix the “Windows detected a hard disk problem” error. Receiving this error message it means that your hard drive is having problems and you should save you data to avoid loss of information stored on the hard drive .
This error occurs in Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10 and it sais that you should backup you files immediately to avoid data loss because your hard drive has problems or computer has severe errors .
Reasons for this error are hard drive mechanical error, viruses or system errors .
First step, after you backup you data, is to scan you drive for errors. To do that you need to :
1. Start button and in search box type cmd. Then right click it and select the item “Run as administrator”
2. In the command prompt type sfc /scannow and enter
Second thing to do is a check disk .
1. Start button and in search box type cmd. Then right click it and select the item “Run as administrator”
2. In the command prompt type chkdsk D: /f and enter (D is the drive letter, change it to what you want).
If you want to disable the error message :
1. Start button and in search box type gpedit.msc.
2. Navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Disk Diagnostic\
3. Double Click on “Disk diagnostic: configure execution level”, set it to “disabled”, “Not configured” is enabled by default.
If you have data that cannot be accessed, there are IT companies that can help you recover lost data, but it is expensive .
Good luck !
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