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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
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Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to
appear to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are:
You are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more
files appear to be missing.
Make sure you are identifying the drive by its correct name
(A: or C:).
Error-checking
Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and
File Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any
damage it finds:
To run Error-checking:
1
Click
Start
, then click
My Computer
.
2
Right-click the drive you want to check and select
Properties
.
The drive’s properties box appears.
3
Click the
Tools
tab.
4
Click the
Check now
button.
The Check Disk All Apps box appears.
5
You can choose one or both options:
❖
Automatically fix file system errors
❖
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
6
Click
Start
.
Error-checking runs the test.
Your hard disk seems very slow.
If you have been using your computer for some time, your
files may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter.
To do this, click
Start
, then click
All
Programs
, point to
Accessories
and
System
Tools
, and click
Disk
Defragmenter
.
