GPT Header Corruption

Ivan Bliminse · Apr 11, 2024

Hi everyone, i was wondering anyone has come across this occurence when starting your computer, any idea of the cause(s) etc ?

This morning i was greeted with this:

GPT Header Corruption has been detected, please check SATA mode setting in BIOS
Setup, or you can use [Boot Sector (MBR/GPT) Recovery Policy] item under
[Boot Configuration] page to recovery GPT Header.
Press F1 to Run SETUP

I used the Recovery Policy as i wasn't sure .... Turned out to be the correct route to take.

GerKNG · Apr 11, 2024

check the drive with crystaldiskinfo. and let the OCCT RAM Test run for 10 minutes.

Calenhad · Apr 11, 2024

Ivan Bliminse said:
Hi everyone, i was wondering anyone has come across this occurence when starting your computer, any idea of the cause(s) etc ?

This morning i was greeted with this:

GPT Header Corruption has been detected, please check SATA mode setting in BIOS
Setup, or you can use [Boot Sector (MBR/GPT) Recovery Policy] item under
[Boot Configuration] page to recovery GPT Header.
Press F1 to Run SETUP

I used the Recovery Policy as i wasn't sure .... Turned out to be the correct route to take.

GPT corruption can occur when your computer crash or there is a power outage (or you pull the plug with the computer running etc). But it is set up with a primary table at the start of the drive and a secondary at the end of the drive. As long as just one of them get corrupted it is a simple matter of using the other to restore, which is what the recovery policy did. I would not worry to much if it only happened once.

But as GerKNG says, test your drive for errors. Corruption can be the first sign of a failing drive.

I have personally only seen GPT corruption while messing around with overclocking and causing BSOD's. But I can't remember the last time I had a ssd fail either. I seem to remember I got a doa OCZ ssd back in 2012 or something lol

Ivan Bliminse · Apr 11, 2024

Thankyou GerKNG, running tests just now.
Thankyou Calenhad, no crashes, no outtages. My pc came overclocked when i bought it, can't remember my last BSOD either....

Don't know what caused this yet.....

Calenhad · Apr 11, 2024

Ivan Bliminse said:
Thankyou GerKNG, running tests just now.
Thankyou Calenhad, no crashes, no outtages. My pc came overclocked when i bought it, can't remember my last BSOD either....

Don't know what caused this yet.....

No reason to worry based on the information in that screenshot at least. A reported remaining life time of less than 100% is never optimal. But there are no logged errors in the smart data either. I would chalk this one down to cosmic radiation or something for now. Once is a random hiccup imho.

GerKNG · Apr 11, 2024

your drive is fine and your RAM doesn't seem to be unstable which could have led to data corruption.
my guess now is the not too unusual "your windows installation is now old enough. time to break apart and die!" event. i'd back up my data and just wipe the drive and reinstall windows.

ThrashZone · Apr 11, 2024

Hi,
I'd start looking for a replacement os drive if you're still using 970 evo+
Mine just recently died warnings were subtle like large items weren't pasting in page view order and instead were showing at the end of a list until fresh used lol
Then nothing one morning :fear:

Luckily I had backups and an extra 980 pro sitting around never liked the evo+ hot sob anyway.

By the way it showed 100% health to hehe

RJARRRPCGP · Apr 11, 2024

GerKNG said:
i'd back up my data and just wipe the drive and reinstall windows.

Sounds more like a bad SSD to me. (silent SSD corruption syndrome)

I only had to do what you suggest, because I was redirected to a fake-anti-virus website. (malvertising) Then I changed all my passwords. (early-February)

ThrashZone · Apr 11, 2024

Hi,
Well not sure a clean install will do much about the GPT seeing the disk has to be GPT before the install can be made onto the disk

So before install if you do this route I would use shift+f10 to get to CMD and use
select disk 970
clean
convert gpt

Installer should see the drive to install on.
exit

Waldorf · Apr 11, 2024

@Ivan Bliminse
if the drives use a sata cable, replace it with a different one, just to see.
one quit on me never being moved more than a handful of times during cleaning (ODD).

overclockedamd · Apr 11, 2024

Ivan Bliminse said:
Thankyou GerKNG, running tests just now.
Thankyou Calenhad, no crashes, no outtages. My pc came overclocked when i bought it, can't remember my last BSOD either....

Don't know what caused this yet.....

Have you updated your bios recently a google search showed report of ASUS mb's throwing that error after a bios update.

Ivan Bliminse · Apr 11, 2024

No, no BIOS update... have never done one of those...

overclockedamd · Apr 11, 2024

Maybe worth a shot updating the bios and see if that resolves the issue then

Ivan Bliminse · Apr 11, 2024

Actually i've just ordered this from Amazon , new ssd and clean install just to be on the safe-side.

ThrashZone · Apr 11, 2024

Ivan Bliminse said:
Actually i've just ordered this from Amazon , new ssd and clean install just to be on the safe-side.

Hi,
Wise you can now also enjoy pci-e 4 instead of 970 3 speeds :cool:

Scrub the 970 and use it for other storage.

Waldorf · Apr 11, 2024

nice, got the 500 2y ago, good perf.

Kandsmerlin · Apr 12, 2024

I got the same "GPT Header Corruption has been detected" message as the OP. This only occurred immediately after I used the "MiniTool Partition Wizard" tool to resize my Recovery partition from 533 Mb to 800 Mb because I was fixing the KB5034441 installation error from Windows Update.

I went into the BIOS and set the Recovery Policy to "Auto" then rebooted into Windows.... then rebooted back to BIOS to set the Recovery Policy back to "Local"

Never saw the error message again.

-Kandsmerlin

R0H1T · Apr 12, 2024

RJARRRPCGP said:
Sounds more like a bad SSD to me. (silent SSD corruption syndrome)

That would still show up on SMART though, the numbers you need to keep track of are ~
Available Spare Threshold
Percentage Used
Media and Data Integrity Errors

With the last one arguably the most important among the three.

Kandsmerlin · Apr 13, 2024

R0H1T said:
That would still show up on SMART though, the numbers you need to keep track of are ~
Available Spare Threshold
Percentage Used
Media and Data Integrity Errors

With the last one arguably the most important among the three.

What SMART software are you running there in that screenshot?

Personally, I'm using CrystalDiskInfo. I like it because it runs in the background and can alert me to drive temperatures and such, but it looks like whatever you're running has a few values I don't seem to have in CrystalDiskInfo.

-Kandsmerlin

R0H1T · Apr 13, 2024

HDsentinel ~ https://www.hdsentinel.com/index.php

ThrashZone · Apr 13, 2024

Hi,
The OP's 970 evo+ just after playing with CDinfo sitting at 55c isn't a good sign

Mine usually sat at 45c+- doing nothing more than surfing a bit lol and it died unexpectedly one morning and showed 100% health to that day

Others have showed their 970 evo+ on CDM bench a lot lower temps so basically I believe like many hardware items defective items exist and op and myself got one.
.

Hell these temps are even worse the op shows

System Name	Scan 3XS System
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Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING Z590-PLUS WIFI
Cooling	Corsair Hydro H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO
Video Card(s)	10GB EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA GAMING
Storage	1TB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus, 2TB Seagate HDD, 240GB Kingston SSD
Display(s)	Samsung C32JG5x Curved, 1080p, 1920 x 1080
Case	Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB
Audio Device(s)	USB Speakers 2.1
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x 80PLUS GOLD
Mouse	Razer Mouse
Keyboard	ROCCAT Horde
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit 23H2

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Power Supply	Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W
Mouse	Logitech G903
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