Cannot delete a file. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

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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?

MyDaftQuestions

Posted 2017-06-17T08:37:20.630

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Can you write anything to SD card? – IiroP – 2017-06-17T08:45:23.950

@liroP yes I can (updated post) – MyDaftQuestions – 2017-06-17T09:20:34.327

Answers

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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).

This may be an indication that the SD card will fail soon, make sure your backups are working and prepare a spare card.

gronostaj

Posted 2017-06-17T08:37:20.630

Reputation: 33 047

Is this different to chkdsk /f? – MyDaftQuestions – 2017-06-17T09:34:27.550

It's either chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r, AFAIR it's /f by default but you can check a checkbox to make it /r. – gronostaj – 2017-06-17T09:35:32.203

Well the chkdsk /f worked. Can you update this in your post please so I mark it as answer @gronostaj – MyDaftQuestions – 2017-06-17T09:36:40.257

Done! (minimum character count...) – gronostaj – 2017-06-17T10:16:51.553

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