Finding
and Fixing Disk Errors
Also Known as Scan Disk
Sometimes,
as the result of programs that misbehave or some other anomaly, your
computer can lose track of files or parts of a file. These
disconnected bits and pieces occupy valuable space on your hard
disk. You can use Scandisk to check your hard disk, find these
sections, and recover them if they contain valuable lost
information. Otherwise, you can delete them to free space on your
hard disk.
TIP:
Recovered file segments are stored in the disk’s root directory as
.CHK files. Open the file as a text document and see if there’s
anything you want to save...
Before
starting Scan Disk, Turn your Screensaver off.
To turn off the Screensaver, go to my computer, control panel, and
then to display, once in display click on the screensaver tab at the
top. Use the scroll down arrow to choose none, then click on apply,
then okay. Also if your running an anti-virus program you must
disable this also. and anything else that would be running in the
back ground. Another good way to run Scandisk or Disk Defrag would
be to run it in safe mode. If you have never put your computer into
safe mode and would like to find out how to do this click
here.
TO
RUN SCANDISK
- Click the start button, point to
programs, accessories, and system tools, and choose Scandisk
from the submenu.
- Select the drive that you want
checked.
- Select the type of test. Thorough
is best to run, it may take a little more time to do this, but
it will also tell you if there are major problems with your hard
drive.
- Click the option to fix errors
automatically.
- Click Start.
- If you are having problems running
scan disk, like its saying it has restated 10 times, you will
have to exit or disable all programs that are running in the
background. Most of these are on your taskbar right down there
beside your system time clock. if this doesn't help then you can
run scan disk in safe mode. To get your computer into safe mode,
you must restart your computer, and while it is booting keeping
tapping on the F8 key on your keyboard until you see the menu
option to tell the computer to boot into safe mode. once your
computer is in safe mode you will be able to run scan disk. you
will know you are in safe mode if you see SAFE MODE in all 4
corners of your screen.
- After the test is completed, read
the statistics, and then click OK.
- Close Scandisk.
- Then restart the computer.
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