File or folder is damaged or can't be read

[MNC]

So this happened to me twice now. I've got my Software folder where I store my software (surprise surprise) and all of a sudden when I want to open it, it gives me an error: File or folder is damaged or can't be read. I got all pissed and angry because it contained quite alot of stuff... 15 minutes later I try again and see the folder works again.

Just now it happened again, only to a subfolder of the same map. I'm starting to get really annoyed by all of this. Is my HDD such a failure?

So does anyone know what causes it, any general help/word of advice?

[Timo]

I get that a lot when I download/transfer large-ish (100mb to 1GB) files via wireless. Or are they just files sitting in a folder somewhere on your HDD?

[MNC]

I download my torrents to that folder, but other than that they're just files sitting in a folder.

E: it's working again after a reboot.

[MNC]

:gonk: it's happening again, this time to my whole D drive

[Sel]

What were you torrenting mister :cop:

[Limited]

Reboot, something is probably using it/was using it and still has "control", hard to explain but usually rebooting does the trick. Maybe end explorer.exe and restart it via new process button.

[MNC]

Rebooted and the PC automatically ran chkdsk and fixed it. Thanks.

Also pr0n goes to C drive mister :eng101:

[beele]

I think your hard drive is going to fail soon, back it up while you still can. Try to find a hdd benchmarking tool, there are some out there, and run some tests.