How to Fix “The Parameter is Incorrect” Error on External Hard Drive

Have you ever tried accessing your files in your external hard drive or partition but it brought you ‘the parameter is incorrect? This kind of error is common and normally affects the external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, etc and they prevent you from accessing your files.

This article covers in detail what this error really is, the major causes and the solutions on how to get rid of this error from your life!

There are a number of causes of this kind of error and they include:

Part 1: Solutions to Fix “The Parameter is Incorrect” Error

There are probabilities of losing important data if the error is not fixed or a practical workable solution found. There are different solutions of fixing the parameter is incorrect error depending on the source or cause of the error. Discussed are some of the solutions with respect to the cause of the error.

Solution 1: Formatting the Inaccessible Drive

The call to format your external hard drive can be tough but sometimes it is a solution to the error. Formatting a partition initializes its use thus creating new file system for the whole volume and changing the formats of the file system. Formatting can be done through low-level or high-level formatting.

Step 1 Connect the external drive to the PC

Step 2 Right click ‘This PC’ then ‘Manage’ then ‘Disk Management’

Step 3 Right click the RAW or corrupted drive and select ‘format’ then click ‘OK’

Step 4 Set the volume level, file system format then check the ‘perform quick format’ option. Once done, click ‘OK’ to format.

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Solution 2: Run ‘chkdsk /f /r’

This solution is able to work on bad sectors on the drive, lost clusters, file system and directory errors and cross-linked files.

Step 1 Click ‘start’ then ‘all programs’ and ‘accessories’. After you are done right click ‘command prompt’ and select ‘run as administrator’ then click ‘allow’ if you are prompted to enter as an administrator

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Step 2 Type command line ‘chkdsk/f/rX’ in the command prompt then click ‘enter’

Part 2: How to Recover Data from External Hard Drive

If the solutions above fail, you can consider using recommended software like Wondershare Data Recovery Software. The software has features and functionalities designed to recover files from external hard drives that have problems. The software uses integrated algorithm to analyze damaged systems and also scan through all sectors of the drive to recover all files and folders.

The software operates in all versions of Windows and can recover files from any kind of external hard drive irrespective of size and nature.

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Recover Files From External Hard Drives

Free download Wondershare Data Recovery on your computer, and connect External Hard Drive and follow the next simple steps to perform external hard drive recovery.

Step 1 Select the type of files you want to recover as shown on the screenshot below, you can select "All File Types" to start and click 'Next'.

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Step 2 Select the location you lost your files from ans select the specific external hard drive.

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Step 3 Deep scan is necessary for files that have been lost by formatting while raw file recovering is for files that have been lost for s long period of time.

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Step 4 A list of found files will then show up. You will need to select all the files you wish to preview and save it to your preferred location.

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Every storage device is susceptible to failure or damage. To prevent the consequences of damage or failure of these devices always make sure you back up your files, pay attention and respond to messages displayed about the devices, handle your devices with ultimate care and above all, always equip yourself with Wondershare External Hard Drive Recovery Software!

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