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I would first run chkdsk on the partition and then transfer the data off if it becomes accessible again. If the partition is actually lost according to Disk Management, TestDisk can search for it and write the partition table to get it back. Please remember, the drive will only get worse the more ...

Yes, I'm sure you're right. I was grasping at straws.

Per your suggestion, I ran gsmartcontrol, which took a bit of time, but worked. I'm not sure what to make of the output, so I'm hoping you can help more on how to fix it, including suggestions for a good software. Thank you in advance.

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I've been cleaning and sorting last few days, and consolidating the files and folders onto an external hdd.
For good measure, I started a content compare after backing up a 250 gb download drive, because the source drive apparently had quite a few broken files. When I started the Compare process ...