Portable hard drive has corrupt file?

Question

My 160GB SimpleTech portable hard drive and some how a file got corrupted so i can barely access my files, and it won't let me format, i have important files but i moved them to my PC. The corrupted file is still in my hard drive. I need it removed.

Answer 1

run scan disk and have it fix errors

that should fix the problem

if not

go to command promt and then type format F:\  or what ever your drive letter is.