Disk error but what disk


  1. Posts : 53
    Win 10 Pro
       #1

    Disk error but what disk


    I received notification of a disk error in the action center and clicked on the message as instructed to reboot and repair the error.

    My concern is that it does not tell me what drive had the error, which is something I would like to know.

    I used event viewer to bring up the error but even there is no drive identification there that I can recognize.
    There is a cryptic volume name which is unfamiliar to me.

    I'm (hopefully) attaching an image if the event viewer error.

    How do I Find the drive involved in this error?

    Thanks
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Disk error but what disk-disk-error-093018.png  
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  2. Posts : 848
    Windows 10 LTSC
       #2

    If your system has only one storage drive, then you obviously know which is causing this problem.

    You might want to run a S.M.A.R.T scan if you have 2 or more drives.
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  3. Posts : 3,314
    Win10
       #3

    As above; also,have a look here, for a good procedure to pinpoint the Volume:
    How to find out which hdd is \Device\Harddisk#\DR# ?


    Quote:
    "As for pinpointing the exact disk from a path like \Device\Harddisk1\DR3, this works for me:
    Download WinObj from Sysinternals
    Run it as administrator
    Go to \Device\HarddiskX
    You will see individual PartitionY symbolic links (to \Device\HarddiskVolumeZ), note these down
    Go to \GLOBAL??, sort by the 3rd column "SymLink"
    Find the \Device\HarddiskVolumeZ value you noted down in the 3rd column
    You will see various names of that volume in the first column, including HarddiskXPartitionY, Volume{GUID} and (what's probably most useful for most people) the DOS-style letter like C:"
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  4. Posts : 53
    Win 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks das10. That worked perfectly.
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  5. Posts : 43,196
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #5

    There are two log collectors: DM and BETA
    Run the beta log collector and post a zip into this thread.
    The beta log collector is new the bottom of this webpage:
    BSOD - Posting Instructions - Windows 10 Forums
    Use extract or extract all then open.
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