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.

To use Check Disk

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.

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