Despite the fact that Windows has the most powerful tools for recognizing and opening a multitude of file types, there are often situations when, for no reason, a message appears on the monitor screen: “Error 0x80070570. The file or folder is damaged. Reading is impossible. " In most cases, this applies to removable storage media, but, contrary to all, this situation may also apply to data stored on hard drives or in their logical partitions (volumes). Let's consider several options separately.
What the error means: “The folder or file is damaged. Reading is impossible "?
As is already clear, in the Russian versions of Windows, a special explanation of what this error is is not necessary. In terms of description, everything is clear.
Another thing is to find out the reason why the error message appears: “The folder or file is damaged. Reading is impossible ”and try to find the best fix for the problem. Let's start by installing Windows or some other software product.
Windows installation
Imagine a situation where the installation of Windows does not occur from the original disc, but from a copy of it recorded on a DVD-drive. There may be several options for failure. Firstly, the optical disc itself may be damaged in the form of scratches, bumps, grease stains, etc.
It is clear that the running Setup file cannot read data on problem sectors and areas precisely due to damage. There is only one way out - to take a new disc and copy the installation distribution to it or to record from a disk image.
As for images, there is an error “The folder or file is damaged. Reading is impossible ”also takes place, and quite often. One of the reasons may be an incorrect recording of the image itself. What to do? Yes, just overwrite the image again if it does not help once again create the image of the original disk and transfer the data during burning to removable media.
Sometimes a boot record may be corrupted. But this is fixed using the console with a call to bootloader recovery tools. But the error code here is different.
Opening archive files
Archives and programs that open them can also lead to errors like “Folder or file damaged. Reading is impossible ”, but only in this case the problem can only be that the archive (provided that it is located on the hard drive) was simply not loaded if it was downloaded from the Internet. True, the system here does not "spit." Basically, error messages are displayed by the archiver itself.
The most common are messages about the unforeseen end of the archive when unpacking (as it produces the same WinRAR). But in essence the reason remains unchanged - damage to a file or folder in the archive itself, which makes it impossible to fully and correctly extract data.
Other situations
But these were only the most common cases. You can often find situations when a file or folder is damaged, reading is not possible on a USB flash drive or from a USB hard drive. Here it is worth paying attention to system errors, as well as mechanical damage to devices of this type.
As with hard drives, it is advisable to perform a full scan of devices with automatic error correction and even complete surface testing, although the device itself can be protected from writing or copying data on it.
By and large, the error “The folder or file is damaged. Reading is impossible ”can occur even if there is a malfunction in the“ OS ”itself, damage to the RAM, an outdated version of the BIOS, or incorrect access to the hard drive.
Here it is recommended to test all the equipment, and for hard drives - switch the mode of the SATA controller from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS.
By the way, this applies to cases where an error occurs when starting (opening a file) or a folder from a hard disk or logical volume, when the user is firmly convinced that the file is genuine and has been saved correctly. Who knows, maybe the reason is precisely in the errors described just above.
Conclusion
But if we consider the problem as a whole, in each particular case, you need to find out the cause exactly, and only then think about which solution will be most effective to eliminate such a situation.
As already clear, special attention should be paid to the absence of damage on removable storage media, as well as the integrity of files and folders, and not only in archives, because the accompanying data can also be damaged or, so to speak, not downloaded, despite the presence of the main files subject to launch or opening. In general, files or folders can be simply protected from copying, and here you will need to remove the restrictive attribute under the admin.