Need to Run a Hard Drive
Scandisk ?
A hard drive
scandisk is a very simple way to perform a Window XP repair , it
can fix a lot of errors , even if you have no problems on your
computer, running a scandisk every so often is a good thing, as
it will notify you or help to prevent any problems occurring.
The hard drive
scandisk can be run either from the command prompt or from the
Windows Interface
To run from the
command prompt
A hard drive check
scandisk can be run using the application itself, you just need
to go to
Start Menu and
select run,
Type CMD and click ok
this will then give you the DOS screen
Type CHKDSK C: /F
this will then ask you if you would like to run CHKDSK when the
system restarts, type Y , now once the system restarts windows
will check for any disk errors.
Running a hard drive
scan disk from Windows
From my computer ,
choose your hard drive , right click and you will see a small
menu, select properties , you will now see the following screen.
Please note,
When your computer
boots up, just this time it will take longer due to the scan
disk running , depending on the speed of your computer and hard
drive , not to mention the size it may take a little while.
The next step is to
remove any applications that you really don't need, just go to
the start menu again, select control panels,
Find add/remove
programs in here you will see a list of all the installed
programs, find the ones that you do not use, high light and
click remove.
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