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Maintaining the hard drive – Gateway E-5200 User Manual

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20 E-5200 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