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If Something Goes Wrong
Disk or storage drive problems
characteristic of the TFT manufacturing technology. Over a
period of time, and depending on the usage of the computer,
the brightness of the screen will deteriorate. This is also an
intrinsic characteristic of the screen technology. When the
computer is operated on battery power, the screen will dim
and you may not be able to increase the brightness of the
screen while on battery power.
Disk or storage drive problems
Problems with the storage drive or with external media
usually show up as an inability to access the drive or as
sector errors. Sometimes a drive problem may cause one or
more files to appear to have garbage in them.
Error-checking
This feature is not available for optical disc drives.
Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories and files
on the storage drive and repairs any damage it finds.
To run Error-checking:
1 From the Start screen, type
computer.
2 Click or touch
This PC from the list that appears.
3 Right-click or touch the drive you wish to check.
(Sample Image) Clicking on or touching the drive
4 In the pop-up menu, click or touch
Properties.
The drive’s Properties box appears.
NOTE