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Failed to read sector - Direct R/W operation has failed. (0x590001)

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WD 1 TB drive sata ( Partitioned 500/500 ) win7 ultimate 64.

This problem wouldnt go away, I tried Chkdsk /r /f
So at a last resort I bought Spinrite 6.0 and discovered a massive amount of cabling errors, which lead me to change the lead from the hard drive, which fixed the issue I had.

In future updates for Acronis either Disc Director or True Image could some extra options be added to check the hard drive please.

I think from now on before I do an image I will re-seat the cables

I hope this info helps others.

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Thank you for sharing!

Hi Paul, I just purchased the True Image program and I'm getting the same message. I don't know very much about computers so I don't know what you meant by "change the lead from the hard drive". Can you please explain what it is I have to do? Thank you so much, Jimmy

Jimmy,

What kind of computer do you have? Changing internal cables is easy to do in a desktop, harder in a laptop.
Before changing cables though, make sure you run chkdsk X: /R from an elevated command prompt on each X: partition of the disk you are backing up. If chkdsk doesn't find anything, check your disk manfacturer's web site for diagnosis tools (often you have to download a small ISO file and burnt it to a CD, then boot the computer on that CD to run the diagnostics).