File Directory is Corrupt and Unreadable

[Froger]

hi all...
so, recently i put some movies on a hard drive for my parents, and plugged it into the media player. and it worked once, then went away. and when i plugged it into my PC, and i click on the drive, it comes up with: "the file or directory is corrupt and unreadable."
are there any programs to fix this or should i just format the drive?

 

[MrKambo]

run a disk check on it, should fix the problem

 

[Froger]

how do i do that... if it is error checking... it can't.... it just prompts me saying it doesn't have access to the disk...

 

[Edge]

Open CMD, type chkdsk (drive letter):

So if it's a D: drive, type

chkdsk D:

After that, type it with /f

chkdsk /f D:

That should fix errors.