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Maintenance: Detect repair disk errors
In addition to running Disk
Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your
computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard
disk by running the Error Checking utility. As you use your hard drive,
it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance
and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or
even impossible.
The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for
bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain
files or folders are misplaced. If you use your computer daily, you
should run this utility once a week to help prevent data loss.
Run
the Error Checking Utility
- Close all open files
- Start >My Computer
- In the My Computer
window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors,
and then click Properties
- In the Properties dialog box,
click the Tools tab
- Click the Check Now button
- In
the Check Disk dialog box (called Error-checking in Windows 7), select
the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then
click Start
 - If bad
sectors are found, choose to fix them.
Tip: Only select the
"Automatically fix file system errors" check box if you think that your
disk contains bad sectors.
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| Article Details | Created:14/11/2009 4:41:04 p.m.
Modified:7/06/2010 10:01:42 p.m.
Author:Admin
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