Guild Wars 2

Disk read failed with error 23 (incomplete): file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.dat’

I was updating the game, for the new patch last night when my friend flicked the switch for the socket that my computer was plugged int, shut off my computer, I guess this caused some files to become corrupt. So now when I open GW2, it automatically starts repairing all the files, it gets to what I guess is Gw2.dat and decides there’s nothing it can do for it. And says it has a disk read error.

As per Anet support desk;

If you are having problems running Guild Wars 2, the data archive may have become corrupted. Please follow these steps to verify and repair the archive:

Locate your Gw2.exe file.
Right-click on the file and select Create shortcut.
Rename this new shortcut to Guild Wars 2 Repair.
Right-click on Guild Wars 2 Repair and select Properties.
Locate the Target line and add -repair to the end.
Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\gw2.exe” -repair
Click OK.

Double-clicking Guild Wars 2 Repair will begin the repair process. The game will launch when it is complete.

Note: Keep in mind that the verification and repair process will run each time you double-click the Guild Wars 2 Repair shortcut. If you would like to play the game immediately without repairing the archive, double-click on Gw2.exe or another shortcut without the -repair command.

I did the same thing but all I did was run gw2.exe and it worked thanks for the help it fixed the error