There are two ways to scan a hard drive for errors: the normal way or the old-fashioned way.
The normal way: Go to My Computer (it might be called just Computer if you've got Windows Vista or 7) and right-click the drive you want to scan. Click Properties in the drop-down menu and then go to the Tools tab. There should be a button labeled "Check Now". You can click this to open the Check Disk utility.
The old-fashioned way: Click Start, Programs or All Programs, depending on your OS, then Accessories, Command Prompt. In the command prompt, type in chkdsk c: and press enter. If you don't want to scan your C drive, replace the c with the drive letter that you want to scan. If that doesn't work, try replacing chkdsk with scandisk. If the scan finds errors, try the same thing, only add -f after the c:, for fix errors.
Scandisk is a Microsoft utility that checks and makes corrections on the hard disk drive. It was first available in the Windows 98 operating system.
FIXED DISK ALSO CALLED FDISK IS THE UTILITY THAT PARTITIONS HARD DISK DRIVE
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In the Applications folder is a folder called Utilities. In the Utilities folder is Disk Utility. Disk Utility will Erase / Partition / Format a hard drive.
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Scandisk is a utility program that checks and repairs file system errors on a computer's hard drive. It scans the disk's file structure, looking for errors such as bad sectors, lost clusters, and cross-linked files.
Local disk Properties > Tools Tab
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Disk Defragmenter
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