BradenHeat said:
Ups anyone who knows how to check for errors with my harddisk?
And will that music Disc get any sort of scratch?
I assumed you are using Win XP. You can use the chkdsk function to check for and epair problems related to bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory errors.
Here the steps;
Running from the command prompt:
1.Click
Start, and then
Run.
2.In
Open, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
3.Use one of the following procedures:
•To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, at the command prompt, type chkdsk, and then press ENTER.
•To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/f, and then press ENTER.
Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)
Type Y, and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.
•To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/r, and then press ENTER.
Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)
Type Y, and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.
To run from Windows:
1.Double-click
My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check.
2.Click
Properties, and then click
Tools.
3.Under
Error-checking, click
Check Now. A dialog box that shows the
Check disk options is displayed,
4.Use one of the following procedures:
•To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click
Start.
•To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the
Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click
Start.
•To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click
Start.
Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?
Click
Yes to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.
