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How To Fix DiskPart Has Encountered An Error — Solved [MiniTool Tips]

After investigating, I found that many reasons can cause DiskPart to encounter an error. When this occurs, your data might get lost from the certain disk. Therefore, this post is to offer you an effective way to recover data when this issue troubles you, as well as possible causes and solutions for such an error.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error the Request Could Not Be Performed

Apart from the Windows built-in Disk Management, DiskPart is also a useful tool you can rely on to manage disks & partitions reasonably and fix errors in every Windows system.

• The DiskPart has more functions and magic than most third-party partitioning wizards and its functions are even more powerful.
• But it has an obvious disadvantage – it runs under the command prompt, which tends to cause many people to make mistakes because they are not familiar with DOS operations.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error

You’ll receive the DiskPart has encountered an error the request could not be performed because of an i/o device error, the parameter is incorrect, the system cannot find the file specified, CRC data error, etc. The error prevents you from accessing a disk, but it can be fixed easily by various methods.

When there’s something wrong with the disk, DiskPart will strike. For instance, DiskPart has encountered an error is a frequently seen alert message. The results of the survey show that this error can be caused by a lot of reasons.

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Causes of DiskPart Has Encountered an Error

• Parameter is incorrect.
• Access is denied
• I/O device error
• Media is write-protected
• Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
• The device is not ready
• The system cannot find the file specified
• …

Here, in the following content of this article, I will show you how to recover useful data from the problematic disk with MiniTool Power Data Recovery – a professional data recovery program favored by plenty of computer users. Then, I will introduce and analyze the main causes for said hard disk error and give corresponding solutions.

Recover from DiskPart Has Encountered an Error

I will summarize 6 cases related to DiskPart has encountered an error problem in the next section. You can find the case that is similar to your situation and try to find solutions correspondingly. But in this section, I will first show you how to recover data from the defective disk.

How to Recover Data from Disk with Error

How to recover data from I/O device error or other types of errors?

The first step is definitely to download MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

Of course, you can download the trial edition to experience in advance. But keep in mind that the trial edition can only scan the disk and preview files; it cannot save the scanned data for you.

The second step is to install and run the software, and then choose from Logical Drives and Devices from the main interface shown below (take the trial edition as an example).

The third step is to scan the drive on which the DiskPart has encountered an error shows up.

• When running into the problem: DiskPart has encountered an error, you’ll receive an error message. It suggests that your disk is inaccessible, but it does exist. So at this time, you should select your hard disk under Devices tab. It’s useful for deep scanning and recovering data from damaged, RAW or formatted drive.
• Please select the target drive from the right pane and click on the Scan button in the lower right corner to search for the lost files.
• In the lower right corner of above interface, there is a Scan Settings button in the left sidebar. It actually allows you to configure the scanning range to only specified file systems or file types. This will help you locate the needed files easily and quickly from the scan results in the next step.

The fourth and final step is to pick out the needed files found by the data recovery software and click on the Save button to specify a storage path for them.

Please add check marks to the square box in front of the File Name column (you can choose to check all files in a found drive or check only some of the files included in it).

Please note:

If there are too many files displayed in the scanning results, it could be difficult finding certain files. However, you can make things easier by using the Find function and Filter function that help you locate the needed files accurately by file name, file extension, file size, file creation date and modification date.

If you need to recover data lost by DiskPart clean, but have no experience, the software recommended in this page will be your great assistant.

Till now, I have shown you all the steps to recover data from an inaccessible drive; please follow the steps above carefully when DiskPart encounters an error.

How to Fix DiskPart Has Encountered an Error

Here are 6 most common cases of DiskPart has encountered an error. Each of them has different causes and solutions, so you should assess the situation that resonates with yours the most and take measures correspondingly to fix the error.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: the Parameter Is Incorrect

The error – “DiskPart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect.” – occurs sometimes on users’ computer. Here, 2 of the most popular causes of this problem are listed:

1. The file system of the target partition is corrupted or damaged.
2. The full volume encryption driver is changed in Windows.

Case:

I have a hard drive that after attempting to dual boot ended up useless. I finally got some files off it and was ready to wipe it and start over. Windows 10 wouldn’t install so I deleted everything, formatted entire drive, created new primary partition-still nothing. Using command prompts I cleaned the drive, created a new primary partition and tried to format it. After saying it was 100% completed, it said, “DiskPart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect.” I’ve tried clean all command for a more thorough job and gotten the same error. Hard drive test says it’s good. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help. – said by Superman1148 on Computing.net Forum

What if you want to recover data from the volume does not contain a recognized file system error? Please read this:

When you meet “the volume does not contain a recognized file system” problem, you should resort to MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

How to fix the error? (The following steps are completed in Windows 10)

Solution 1: enable error-checking function.

1. Open Windows Explorer to locate the target drive (how to fix when Windows Explorer needs to be restarted).
2. Right click on the drive.
3. Choose Properties from the context menu.
4. Shift to the Tools tab.
5. Find Error checking and click on the Check button.
6. Choose to scan the drive.
7. The disk check process will be started and finished automatically.

Solution 2: run the command chkdsk /f /r.

1. Type cmd into the search box on taskbar (how to fix when Windows 10 taskbar is not working).
2. Right click on Command Prompt from the search result.
3. Choose Run as administrator.
4. Choose Yes in the User Account Control window.
5. Type chkdsk /f /r *: (“*” stands for the letter of the target drive).
6. Press Enter on the keyboard.
7. Wait for the completion of the check process.

You can also use other methods to open cmd.exe.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: Access Is Denied

According to the investigation, the error – “DiskPart has encountered an error: Access is denied” – tends to appear when you use the DiskPart clean or format command to clear a USB drive. Those operations will not complete due to the interruption of this error.

Case:

Hello everyone! I’ve been trying to format a 32GB flash drive. I’m using DiskPart to format it but still have no success. I’ve been trying and trying, but I always encounter the same error. “DiskPart has encountered an error: Access is denied. See the System Event Log for more information”. I tried different commands to format it, but I still arrive at the same error. I am the admin, so I don’t think that’s the problem. Help me please! Thank you and have a nice day! – posted by laufing on Windows Seven Forums

How to fix this issue?

Solution 1: run the Command Prompt as administrator.

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Scroll down to find Windows Systems folder and expand it.
3. Right click on the Command Prompt option.
4. Choose More from the right-click menu.
5. Select Run as administrator from the submenu.

Solution 2: remove the Write-Protection.

1. Type run into the search box on taskbar.
2. Choose Run from the search result.
3. Type regedit into the text box.
4. Press Enter on the keyboard or click on the OK button in the Run window to open Registry Editor.
5. Expand ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUSBSTOR.
6. Double click on the Start option from the right panel.
7. Enter 3 in the dialog box.
8. Click on the OK button to confirm.
9. Close the Registry Editor.

You can check the computer’s event logs for more information as the error message suggests if you cannot find the exact cause of the problem.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: I/O Device Error

This I/O device error could be caused by a lot of reasons:

• The transfer mode or the disk interface is not appropriate.
• The target device is damaged/defective.
• The device connection is not successful (bad cable, poor connection or insufficient power supply).
• The compact disk (CD/DVD) is dirty or damaged.

Case

Hi everyone, I am trying to make a partition using command prompt. I need to partition the disks to be formatted in NTFS so I can install Windows 7 on my laptop. I’ve been doing this before and having no problem with my other laptops. It’s my first time to encounter a problem. I’m on the step where I’ll be creating a partition using cmd line. But it gives me an error message saying “DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.” I hope someone could help me figure this out. Thanks in advance! – said by reynl07 on Tom’s Hardware Forum

How to fix this?

Solution 1: change transfer mode.

1. Right click on This PC.
2. Choose Manage.
3. Select Device Manager from the left pane.
4. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers in the right pane.
5. Right click on the target channel responsible for I/O device error.
6. Select Properties.
7. Shift to Advanced Settings tab.
8. Change the transfer mode to PIO Only.
9. Click on the OK button to confirm.

Solution 2: check hardware connections.

Please change a connection cable, USB port and a power supply respectively to see whether the problem can be fixed or not.

Solution 3: clean the surface of device.

If the error occurs on a USB flash drive, external hard drive or CD/DVD, please clear the dirt and stains from the surface properly.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: Media Is Write-protected

If you encountered the error “DiskPart has encountered an error: the media is write protected”, you should try to change the value of the Writeprotect key using Registry Editor. Changing the value help you close the read-only mode on your media. And this will finally repair the corrupted file system of your hardware.

Please follow the steps mentioned in Solution 2: remove the Write-Protection of the DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: Access Is Denied part.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)

The data error cyclic redundancy check can be the result of many factors, such as registry corruption, unsuccessful program installation, cluttered hard disk and misconfigured files.

Case:

I’m trying to do a clean install of Win7. I’m installing it through USB I have already deleted the hard drive using Darik’s Boot And Nuke. When I try to create a partition from the command prompt it gives me an error “DiskPart Error: Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)” see the system event log for more info. – posted by ed123 on Windows Seven Forums

How to fix this?

Solution 1: check disk.

Please see Parameter Is Incorrect error. Solution 1: enable error-checking function.

Solution 2: rely on chkdsk /f command.

1. Run Command Prompt as administrator.
2. Type chkdsk /f *: into the Command Prompt.
3. Press Enter on the keyboard.
4. Wait for the scan to complete.
5. Restart computer at the end of the process.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: The Device Is Not Ready

This error is mainly caused by two reasons: the disk has failed; the storage controller on your mainboard is corrupted.

Solution 1: run troubleshooter.

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Scroll down to find Windows System and expand it.
3. Choose Control Panel.
4. Type troubleshooting into the search control panel box or select Troubleshooting in the lower right corner when View by Small icons.
5. Click on Configure a device under Hardware and Sound.
6. Click on the Next button to detect problems.
7. Wait for the detecting process and follow the suggestions that system offers you.

Solution 2: uninstall the USB controller.

1. Right click on the Start button.
2. Choose Device Manager.
3. Find Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand it.
4. Right click on the first USB controller.
5. Choose Uninstalldevice.
6. Click on the OK button in the pop-up window to confirm.
7. Repeat this process to uninstall the rest USB controllers listed under Universal Serial Bus controllers.
8. Restart the computer and retry DiskPart to see whether it works or not.

DiskPart Has Encountered an Error: The System Cannot Find the File Specified

This error appears when the USB flash drive/SD card is damaged or corrupted and its file system may have turned into RAW.

With the powerful data recovery tool that will be introduced in this article, even an inexperienced user is able to recover data from RAW drive easily.

Verdict

It is common to run into errors while running DiskPart. Here I have summarized the 6 types of situations that could cause a DiskPart error. For each case, I also analyzed the possible causes briefly as well as gave corresponding solutions to help you recover data and fix the DiskPart has encountered an error issue. Hope these solutions can help you solve your problem.

If you have any questions about DiskPart encountering an error, or if you have better solutions regarding this problem, please feel free to leave a message below.

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Diskpart to Format USB Flash Drive Memory Card and Hard Disk Partition FAT32/NTFS/EXFAT/GPT

Once upon a time, a friend came to us with his flash drive raw in file system and asked whether there was a guide for using diskpart to format the drive. Here are some contents focusing on using diskpart to format drives.

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• How to Open Diskpart
• Diskpart to Format Disk/USB/SD/ External HDD (fat32/ntfs/exfat) — video included
• FAQ — No volume selected? no volume lable? should I use clean, create primary partition?
• Diskpart Format Disk GPT
• Diskpart Unable to Format — Write Protected
• Diskpart Format Failed
• Data Recovery after Diskpart Format or Clean

How to Open Diskpart in Windows?

Diskpart command utility is able to work in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10. The methods to open Diskpart command vary, depending on different Windows platform.

1. Access Diskpart in Windows XP

Click «Start» button > «Run» > type «diskpart.exe» and press «Enter» button

Or you can click «Start» button on > «Run» > type «cmd» and press «OK» button > type «diskpart» and press «Enter»

2. Open Diskpart in Windows Vista/7/8.1/10

Click «Start» button > type «cmd» in the search bar > right click «cmd.exe» and choose «Run as administrator» > type «Diskpart» and press «Enter»

Or you may press Windows + X keys at the same time > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type type «diskpart» and press «Enter»

Diskpart to Format Hard Disk Partition or usb/SD

It does not matter which Windows operating system is running on your computer, you can follow the steps below to format an internal hard disk partition on Windows PC after running diskpart command:

Video — diskpart to format a drive

Step1. Type list disk and press Enter

Now, you will see a list of disk which shows all disks on your computer.

Step2. Select a disk that you want to format by type select disk 0 (e.g. you want to format disk 0) and press Enter.

Now, it will show a message saying disk 0 is now the selected disk.

Step3. Type list volume and press Enter button to show all volumes

Step4. Type format fs=ntfs label=volume label quick and press Enter to execute the format. (eg, ‘format fs=ntfs lable=Local Disk quick’)

Diskpart to format sd/usb/hdd fat32/exfat/ntfs? If you want to format the volume to FAT32 file system, you can type format fs=fat32 label=volume label quick (This shows diskpart to format volume fat32/ntfs/exfat). Here are options that you may use for different file systems.

1. format D:/ fs=ntfs quick
2. format D:/ fs=fat32 quick
3. format D:/ fs=exfat quick

Or if you have already selected a volume at previous step, you may directly try:

1. format fs=ntfs quick; or format fs=ntfs
2. format fs=fat32 quick; or format fs=fat32
3. format fs=exfat quick; or format fs=exfat

Pay attention: Volume label refers to the label of the drive that you want to format, such as the image showing below. The volume label of the partition is «My Documents».

No label for volume? => you may try «format D: / fs=ntfs quick» when d is the drive you want to format; or you may simply use ‘format fs=ntfs quick’ when you have selected a volume at the previous steps.

When the format is completed, you will see message showing «Diskpart successfully formatted the volume«

Or you may open your drive in Windows explorer and right click your drive, -> format

Also read: format fs=ntfs quick; format fs=fat32 quick;

FAQs

Question: Shall I use list volume after list disk?

Answer: If there are more than 1 partition on your disk, we would recommend you add the step ‘list volume’ in the diskpart format command proccess. Usually it comes in order: list disk, list volume, select volume. And then your targeted drive or usb or sd would be selected for further operations.

Question: format fs=ntfs lable=volume lable? quick, what if there is no volume lable?

Answer: You may directly use «format fs=ntfs quick» without lable information when you have volume selected at the previous steps.

Question: Shall I use clean, create partition primary?

Answer: You may directly try ‘format fs=ntfs quick’ to see whether it work; if it failed, then you need to add the steps: clean, create partition primary in the steps.

Diskpart to Format GPT (in Windows or While Installing OS in Bios)

How to format disk gpt using cmd diskpart? Here are two parts, one to format disk from mbr to gpt using diskpart cmd in Windows 11/10/8/7; the other one is to format disk gpt from mbr in Bios while installing Windows. Be free to follow the following steps.

Diskpart format disk gpt using cmd

Video 1 — how to format disk from mbr to gpt using cmd diskpart

Video 2 — how to format disk mbr to gpt in bios during Windows installation

Diskpart Is Unable to Format — Write Protected

Diskpart may report it is unable to complete the format due to device write protected with readonly mode. Sometimes it could be caused by the end of life span of your device. You may try the following ways to see whether it may work, or your device is dying.

• Delete the device under disk management, and then reinsert it to computer -> Reinitialize it, and format it; If it did not work, try number 2
• Format usb/sd/hd with 9 free tools (low level format included)
• Repair damaged sd/usb with 7 free ways
• Try it on another computer

Pay attention: If none of the above method work for your device, it still reported write protected, then mostly your device is coming to the end of lifespan.

Diskpart Cannot Format Digital Device

PC failed to complete the format when you run Diskpart to perform formatting? This problem might result from any reasons. Below are some common messages you may receive when Diskpart failed to format a digital device:

1. Diskpart has encountered an error: Incorrect function. See the System Event Log for more information.

2. Diskpart has encountered an error: The device does not recognize the command. See the System Event Log for more information.

When you get the similar error messages above, probably the Windows system does not has the ability to format the device with the Diskpart command line. You can open System Event Log to check the detailed issue and fix the problem.

3. It shows «There are no fixed disks to show«

Usually, you may see this error message when you type list disk under Diskpart command. If you get this error message, probably the disk you want to format is corrupted and cannot be recognized by system.

==>> Diskpart failed to complete the format? please refer to: How to fix unable to format problem

Data Recovery after Diskpart Format or Clean

If you realize that you lose some important data after using Diskpart after cleaning or formatting USB drive, pen drive, external HDD, memory card or any device, you may use iCare Data Recovery to recover data after formatting.

Also read: file recovery from diskpart format

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DiskPart utility, comes with Windows OS, helps in managing your systems drive (drive partitions, volumes, or virtual hard disks.) It usually works even when the built-in Disk Management utility stops responding. Sometimes, when using the utility, you receive errors, such as ‘DiskPart has encountered an error’. The error appears with different messages, including:

• Access is denied
• The request could not be performed
• The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error
• The parameter is incorrect
• Data error cyclic redundancy check see the system, event log

What Causes ‘DiskPart has encountered an error’?

This error may occur due to several reasons, such as:

• Corrupted or damaged file system
• Inconsistent device connection
• Unsuccessful program installation
• Cluttered hard disk
• Misconfigured files
• The file system has turned RAW
• Write-protection is enabled

You can fix the error by using the troubleshooting methods shared in this blog. However, a few methods can cause data loss. So, we’d suggest you either take backup of your device data. If you’re unable to do so, use a powerful data recovery software to recovery your data.

Recover Data from the Disk

Restore data from your hard disk drive using an advanced data recovery software, such as Stellar Data Recovery for Windows. This DIY software can restore data in case of deletion, drive formatting, corruption, and malware attack. If you lose data while fixing the issues with your hard drive using the DiskPart utility, you can use this data retrieval software to get back your data. Follow the given steps:

• Download, install, and run Stellar Data Recovery for Windows on your system.

• Select Everything from the initial dashboard or choose the type of data you want to restore and click Next.

• Choose the location/folder/drive from the Recover from screen and then click Scan.

• Once the scanning is complete, you’ll see the results on the screen.
• Select the files from the results and click Recover.

• Next, click Browse to choose a location to save the data and click Start Saving.

Note: Don’t save the files at the exact location from where you’ve lost the data to prevent data overwriting.

How to Fix DiskPart has encountered an error?

Here, we’re sharing some common error messages that may occur while using DiskPart utility, along with the possible solutions to fix them.

Error 1: Fix DiskPart has encountered error access is denied

This error may occur if the write-protection is enabled on the drive or the Command Prompt terminal lacks the administrative-level permissions.

Solution

To fix the “DiskPart has encountered error access is denied”, you can try disabling the write-protection on the drive on which you’re trying to run the DiskPart utility. To do so, follow the given steps:

• Open the Run dialog box by pressing Windows + R and type regedit.
• Now, go to Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE from the left pane and then go to SYSTEM.

• Next, expand and follow CurrentControlSet > Services.

• After that, scroll down, go to USBSTOR, and double-click on Start given in the right pane.

• Enter 3 in the Value data column and click OK.

• Once done, close the registry editor and check if you can use the DiskPart utility without any interruptions.

Error 2: DiskPart has encountered an error the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error

This error usually occurs when Windows faces difficulty performing an input/output action when trying to access a drive. Another reason could be bad sectors on the hard drive or a corrupted drive partition table.

Solutions

A. Update Disk Driver

Sometimes, a corrupt or outdated device driver may cause this DiskPart error. To get rid of this, you may try updating the disk driver by following given steps:

• Open Device Manager and then navigate to the device category.
• Expand the device category, right-click on the driver, and click Update driver.

• On the next prompt, choose ‘Search automatically for updated driver software.’

• Let Windows search for the latest driver software for the device.
• Once found, you can install the latest driver software and check if the problem is solved now.

B. Run CHKDSK Command

CHKDSK command, when run with attributes /f and /r, fixes corruption (if any) on the hard drive. Also, it scans and marks down the bad sectors on the drive. Although, while scanning and marking the bad sectors on the drive, it prevents Windows from reading and storing data from those bad sectors, which result in data loss.

Note: Before you proceed with performing CHKDSK command, we’d suggest you take backup of your data. If you have no backup, you may recover it using a powerful data recovery software.

• Run Command Prompt as an administrator and type CHKDSK /f/r/d: and press Enter. (Replace d: with your drive letter.)

• Wait for the process to complete. Once done, close the Command Prompt window and see if you can use the DiskPart utility.

C. Fix Damaged or Corrupt Hard Drive Partition Table by Rebuilding MBR Boot

As discussed above, another reason for ‘DiskPart has encountered an error’ could be a corrupted drive partition table. You may try fixing it by rebuilding MBR boot. Follow these steps:

• Type cmd to open Command Prompt and type the following commands one after another and press Enter.

Bootrec/fixmbr

Bootrec/fixboot

• Let the process end. Once done, close the Command Prompt window and reboot your system.

Error 3: DiskPart has encountered an error the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

You may encounter this error when your HDD or SSD is physically or logically damaged and Windows can’t access or perform read-write operations on the drive. Another reason may include an un-initialized disk.

Solution

A. Initialize Disk in Disk Management

• Press Windows + X. Locate and open Disk Management.
• Next, find the drive appearing as Unallocated.

• Right-click on the drive and click Initialize Disk.

• Next, select GPT and then click OK.

• Complete the process. After that, the drive will be listed as Online and Basic.
• Finally, close the window and check if the error is gone.
• If Windows doesn’t detect your drive, chances are your hard drive is physically damaged. In that case, you’ll need to replace the hard drive.

Error 4: DiskPart has encountered an error the parameter is incorrect

This error occurs when you format your drive with the NT file system using the DiskPart utility. It occurs due to a damaged file system or bad sectors on the hard drive.

Solution

Create New Partition Using DiskPart Utility

To fix this error, you need to clean the disk using DiskPart Utility and create a new drive partition. Follow these steps:

• Open Command Prompt, type diskpart, and hit Enter.
• After that, type list disk and select disk X, then press Enter. (Replace X with your drive letter).
• Then type Clean and press Enter.
• Next, create partition primary and hit Enter.
• Type select partition 1 and press Enter.
• Now, type format fs=ntfs quick and hit Enter.
• Type assign letter=Z and press Enter.
• Finally, type exit and Enter.

• Close the Command Prompt window and reboot your system to check if the problem is fixed.

Error 5: DiskPart has encountered an error data error cyclic redundancy check see the system event log

This error may occur due to several reasons. However, the primary reasons include hard drive corruption, registry file corruption, misconfigured files, cluttered disk, unsuccessful program installation, etc. The CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error is quite a severe issue. You need to resolve this error immediately to avoid system failure and data loss. There are different types of CRC errors, such as:

• Data Error (CRC) Error Message in Outlook
• Drive Is Not Accessible Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
• Cyclic Redundancy Check Error on an optical disc (CD, DVD, etc.)

Solution

Essential Tips to Prevent Disk Errors and Data Loss

Safely Remove the Hard Drive

Whenever you eject or remove the hard drive, do it cautiously to prevent any damage to the drive. Once the hard drive is damaged, physically or logically, you may encounter multiple disk errors.

Check Hard Drive Health

Always keep a track of your hard drive’s health status. You can do it by using a powerful Drive Monitor utility, which comes with Stellar Data Recovery Professional software. It monitors the key attributes – temperature, drive health, and performance – of a hard drive to help avoid any data loss due to impending disk failure. In addition, you can also find bad sectors on the drive for evaluating whether the hard drive can withstand a routine data recovery process. This way, you may protect your data by taking its backup on time and also get the hard drive repaired or replaced according to the situation.

Take Regular Backup

To avoid data loss, it is always suggested to take backup regularly. You can use Windows built-in backup utilities, such as Backup & Restore (Windows 7) or File History. You can also create a backup on another storage drive.

Conclusion

The ‘DiskPart has encountered an error’ may occur due to various reasons. In this blog, we’ve mentioned the methods to fix the error. You can follow the given DIY (do-it-yourself) methods to resolve the issue. Furthermore, due to this error, you may end up losing access to the data. In such a case, you can use Stellar Data Recovery for Windows to get back your data. This DIY data recovery software supports recovery from Windows PCs, laptops, and external storage media drives, such as HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards and more.  

To attempt to recover a USB drive back to usable state, you should try these commands.

First it should be noted that you should have Windows 7 installed on a computer that you have access to, so that you can use the diskpart command. You’ll also need to have administrator access on this computer.

1. Click on the Start Orb.
2. Type cmd into the search box.
3. Shift + Right Click on the CMD icon.
4. Click on Run as Administrator.

From here, we are going to type in diskpart and run the following commands.

C:Windowssystem32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DYGEAR-PC

DISKPART>

From here we are going to type list disk to find the current drives connected to the computer.

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online           14 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online           74 GB      0 B
  Disk 2    Online          698 GB      0 B   *
  Disk 3    Online           15 GB      0 B

The 15GB drive is the drive we are looking for, as that’s the size of our USB Thumb Drive. So to select that drive, we run the command select disk 3.

DISKPART> select disk 3

Disk 3 is now the selected disk.

If you are not sure if this is your drive, you can request details about the drive by running the command detail disk after you have selected the disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

Corsair Voyager Mini USB Device
Disk ID: 00000000
Type   : USB
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 4                             Removable     15 GB  Healthy

After we have correct drive, we can select any partitions on the drive select by doing select volume and then the volume number like in our case select volume 4.

DISKPART> select volume 4

Volume 4 is the selected volume.

From here, we will try to recover the drive to a useable state. We are going to attempt to reformat the drive first. FORMAT RECOMMENDED OVERRIDE is the safest way to format your drive back to a normal state.

DISKPART> FORMAT RECOMMENDED OVERRIDE

DiskPart has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified.
See the System Event Log for more information.

Should that not work, such as shown above, we can try to run a format command that tells it how to format the drive in our case we use FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="Windows7" QUICK COMPRESS.

DISKPART> FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="Windows7" QUICK COMPRESS

DiskPart has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified.
See the System Event Log for more information.

In our case, this still does not work. So we attempt to clean the whole drive with the command CLEAN ALL.

DISKPART> clean all

DiskPart has encountered an error: Incorrect function.
See the System Event Log for more information.

If we still are having trouble with the drive at this point. Let’s try and list the partitions again, see if any changes have been made to the drive with LIST PARTITION.

DISKPART> list partition

There are no partitions on this disk to show.

As there as been a change, let’s see if we can get the drive online with ONLINE DISK.

DISKPART> online disk

Virtual Disk Service error:
This disk is already online.

As the driver is online we can now try and clear any attributes that might be in our way such as the read only attribute. We run ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY.

DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly

Disk attributes cleared successfully.

Let’s see if we can put a boot record on there with CONVERT MBR.

DISKPART> convert mbr

DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to MBR format.

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> select part 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> active

DiskPart marked the current partition as active.

DISKPART> format fs=NTFS label=USB quick

DiskPart has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified.
See the System Event Log for more information.

DISKPART> format quick

DiskPart has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified.
See the System Event Log for more information.

DISKPART> assign letter F

DiskPart has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified.
See the System Event Log for more information.

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     V   Video        NTFS   Simple       698 GB  Healthy
  Volume 1     D   SSD          NTFS   Partition     14 GB  Healthy
  Volume 2         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 3     C                NTFS   Partition     74 GB  Healthy    Boot
* Volume 4                             Removable     15 GB  Healthy

As noted all of these commands failed from that point. So we should try one last thing to get the drive working again. In this case, what you should do is uninstall the drivers for the USB thumb drive and then reinstall the drivers again after restarting your computer.

Take a look at the Format utility from the SD-CARD Organization.

Or you could try using a Windows 98 Boot Disk after using Lexar’s USB Flip the Removable Media Bit Tool.