1. The first thing you do is open the Start menu and then click on Computer.
2. Right click whichever hard drive that you would like to check for errors, and then click on Properties.
3. Navigate to the Tools tab and then click on the Check Now button and you should see the screen below.
4. This is the point where you will make the decisions on what you want the disk check to do.
- Both Options Unchecked
- Only scan for errors and receive a log of the check.. Will not fix errors.
- Only Automatically fix file system errors checked
- This scans the drive and also attempts to fix any errors with files/folders on the hard drive.
- Only Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors checked
- This scans the drive and also attempts to repair and physical errors on the hard drive.
- Both Options Checked
- This will scan the drive for file/folder errors and bad sectors and it will also attempt to repair the problems.
Note: If the hard drive that you selected to run a disk check on is in use, you will have to schedule a disk check for the next time your computer boots up. It will ask you for this option and you simply click Schedule Disk Check. The disk check will run the next time your computer is started up.
The disk check may take some time depending on the type of check you run and it is highly recommended that you do not interrupt the scan to prevent damage to the hard drive.
