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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
Disk drive problems
Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show
up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. 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
, and then
Computer
.
2
Right-click the drive you want to check.
3
On the pop-up menu, click
Properties
.
The drive’s Properties box appears.
This feature is not available for optical drives.
4
Click the
Tools
tab.
5
Click the
Check now
button.
The Check Disk box appears.
6
You can choose one or both options:
❖
Automatically fix file system errors
❖
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
7
Click
Start
.
Error-checking tests and repairs the disk.
Your hard disk seems very slow.
If you have been using your computer for a long time, your files
may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter.
To do this, click
Start
,
All
Programs
,
Accessories
,
System
Tools
,
and then
Disk
Defragmenter
. After it opens, click
Defragment
now
.
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