How To Scan Your Hard Drive Using Error Checking
Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Jason
Scanning your hard drive using Error Checking can help diagnose and even correct a wide range of hard drive errors. Error Checking replaces older Windows hard drive diagnostics such as “scandisk” and “chkdsk”.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours or more, depending on the size and speed of the hard drive
Here’s How:
1. Open My Computer by double-clicking on the icon on the desktop.
more:http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/hderrcheck.htm
Tags: attempt_recovery, bad_sectors, checking_program, chkdsk, Computer, difficulty, Hard drive, highly_recommended, scandisk, scan_time, Windows
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