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20 E-5250 User’s Guide
Maintaining the Hard Drive
Hard drives need regular maintenance because running the system software
divides files, creates spaces between data, and otherwise decreases hard
drive performance. Windows NT provides the Check Disk utility to
maintain the hard drive. Check Disk enables you to check the drive for
errors, fix file system errors, and attempt to recover bad sectors on the
drive.
Use Check Disk from once a week to once a month, depending on how
often you use your computer. Also use Check Disk whenever you have any
hard drive problems.
1.
Right-click
Start
and then click
Explore
.
2.
In the Windows NT Explorer window, right-click the drive you want to
check. You can only check one drive at a time.
3.
Click
Properties
.
4.
Click the
Tools
tab.
5.
Click
Check Now
in the Error-checking dialog box.
6.
Check
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
to scan the entire hard
drive.
7.
Click
Start
.
If the scan finds bad sectors, a screen message will notify
you.
To use Check Disk