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  Your system brings up the Scanning and Repairing Drive display if it detected some disk corruption within the earlier boot. This utility may also run should you beforehand ran CHKDSK for the boot drive. In case your pc will get caught on this display, it often means some system processes aren't working correctly attributable to momentary points. However it might additionally occur if the disk is extraordinarily corrupted and the method can’t repair it. To resolve the Scanning and Repairing drive caught challenge, first, power restart or energy cycle your PC. You may as well manually run CHKDSK from superior startup, test the disk well being, or restore the EFI partition. Should you can efficiently get previous this display, nevertheless it seems each time, take a look at our How to Fix Scanning and Repairing Drive on Every Boot information. Now, let’s talk about the precise fixes.

Drive Restart or Energy Cycle Laptop

It's attainable that your pc obtained caught attributable to some momentary points. A reboot ought to care for all such issues. So the very first thing you need to do everytime you face this challenge is to force shutdown your computer by urgent the facility button for 3-4 seconds. Then, take away all exterior storage units and energy up your pc once more. Should you nonetheless run into the identical challenge, energy cycle your PC. To take action, shut it down the identical manner and take away all energy cords and peripherals. Then, press and maintain the facility button for just a few seconds to empty all extra cost. Reconnect every part and energy up your PC.

Run CHKDSK from Superior Startup

You may as well manually run the disk scan and repair operation by means of Command Prompt to test for disk errors and disable the automated scan on the identical time. It’s greatest to do it by means of the Superior Startup surroundings utilizing the steps beneath: - First, access the advanced startup or Home windows Restoration Surroundings utilizing an exterior set up media. To take action, - Right here, go to Troubleshoot > Superior Choices > Command Immediate.

- Sort the command bcdedit and press Enter. Examine for the drive letter subsequent to osdevice below Home windows Boot Loader. The Superior Startup surroundings might reassign the drive letters so it is probably not C: - Then, sort chkdsk /r C: whereas changing C: with the letter you decided and press Enter.

- Exit Command Immediate and boot to your regular working system.

Examine Drive Well being

Whenever you get to the “To skip disk checking” display, press any key to skip this course of. Then, test your disk’s well being standing utilizing any OEM or third-party instruments, resembling CrystalDiskInfo, SSD Lite, and so on. You possibly can take a look at our Hard drive Health Check and SSD Health Check guides for extra info.

In case your drive is failing or in unhealthy situation, changing it with a brand new disk is greatest. Examine if the guarantee remains to be legitimate; you may get a substitute. In any other case, buy a brand new one. Earlier than that, ensure that to back up any necessary data. If you wish to set up it to your PC your self, take a look at our How to Install an SSD or How to Install a Hard Drive content material for detailed steps.

Restore EFI Partition

It is usually attainable that the disk corruption has occurred in your disk’s EFI partition. In such instances, even should you bypass the “Scanning and Repairing Drive” display, you'll run into different system points. In such instances, first attempt to run the Startup Restore utility from Superior Startup utilizing the steps beneath: - Entry the superior startup display utilizing a bootable media. - Go to Troubleshoot > Superior choices and choose Startup Restore. - After the method completes, choose Shutdown. Reboot your pc and see should you nonetheless encounter the problem.

Should you get the error “Startup Repair couldn’t repair your PC” or one thing related, restore your EFI partition. To take action, - Run the Command Immediate from Superior Startup. - Sort the beneath instructions and press Enter after every steps: - diskpart - listing disk (test the variety of the disk that accommodates your OS) - choose disk 0 (substitute 0 with the above quantity) - listing quantity (test the partition numbers of the EFI partition. The EFI partition ought to have 100MB capability and a FAT32 file system. Additionally, notice the quantity letter of your system drive, it is probably not C:) - choose quantity 2 (substitute 2 with the EFI partition’s quantity) - assign letter=R - exit

- cd /d R:EFIMicrosoftBoot (If it offers “The system can not discover the trail specified”, use the command cd /d R:ESDWindowsEFIMicrosoftBoot or cd /d R:Boot, whichever works) - ren BCD BCD.bak - bcdboot C:Home windows /s R: /f ALL (substitute C: along with your OS partition’s drive letter) - bootrec /rebuildbcd - exit