If you have a anti-virus program, left click on the icon of the program and then select scan. It's that simple
list at least four causes of hard drive problems?
Your system is having problems reading from either the floppy drive or a hard drive. Primary Diskette would be a floppy. If this is the problem then check whether or not there is a floppy in the drive. If not then check the cabling inside the case for disconnected connections. Primary Hard Disk would he a hard drive. Check the connections to the hard drives, and the master/slave/cable select settings on each of the hard drives.
1. verify that you have enough space on the hard drive. 2. Run ScanDisk to check and repari errors on the hard drive. 3. run a current version of antivirus software to check for viruses. 4. Check config.sys and Autoexec.bat for potential problems. 5. If you are connected to a network verify that the connection works.
No guarantee can ever be given that you will not have problems, for anything. As long as your hard drive is in working order and you partition the drive correctly, ubuntu shouldn't have any problems installing.
Some hard drive perfomance can be improved through special utilities. Check the manufacture website for such software. I know that Western Digital has software to check and fix your hard drive.
What are some symptoms of hard drive problems listed on the hard drive manufacturers' web sites? List three in order of seriousness:
You do need a hard drive to download expansions, but the system won't turn on if you don't have a hard drive, so if you can turn it on without problems, and can play games then you definitely have a hard drive and you are able to download expansions.
From the website beyourownit, you can learn how to repair your own hard drive. After a hard drive crash or blue screen, you may begin by using a windows utility called Chkdsk which will look for errors and problems in your drive.
They where to big and didn't have a very big hard drive.
If it is an external hard drive, then the computer should be able to take it. However, if it is an internal hard drive, you will have to check the system requirements of your computer.
Verify you have enough space on the hard drive, Run scan disk, Run antivirus software, Check config.sys, and autoexec.bat for potential problems, Verify your network connection, Create a rescue disk.
Hard drive diagnostic program contains the utility to create a bootable USB flash disk. This hard drive diagnostic program can be used to report problems with hard disk drives on PXI/PXIe embedded controllers.