ERROR_DISK_CORRUPT 0x80070571

What it means

Error 1393 / 0x80070571 "The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable" appears when opening an external drive, USB stick or partition whose file system structures are damaged. Windows cannot read the master file table or equivalent records, so the whole volume becomes inaccessible.

Applies to: Windows 10, Windows 11

How to fix ERROR_DISK_CORRUPT

1. Safely reconnect the drive on a different port or cable
2. Run chkdsk X: /f in Terminal (Admin); add /r if you suspect bad sectors
3. If chkdsk cannot run, copy data off with a recovery tool before further repair attempts
4. Check drive health with wmic diskdrive get status or the vendor's tool
5. Reformat the drive after recovering the data if the file system cannot be repaired
6. Replace the drive if errors return after formatting

Why it happens

Unsafe removal, power loss during writes, bad sectors and controller faults damage the file system metadata. Without valid metadata Windows cannot locate any files on the volume.

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