Toshiba E300 166, Disk or storage drive problems, Error-checking, Your hard disk seems very slow

166	If Something Goes Wrong
	Disk or storage drive problems

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. Typical problems are:

You are having trouble accessing a drive, or one or more files appear to be missing.

Make sure you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:).

Error-checking

NOTE 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:

1Click Start, and then Computer.

2Right-click the drive you want to check.

3On the pop-up menu, click Properties. The drive’s Properties box appears.

4Click the Tools tab.

5Click the Check now... button. The Check Disk box appears.

6You can choose one or both options:

❖Automatically fix file system errors

❖Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

7Click Start.

Error-checking tests and repairs the storage drive.

Your hard disk seems very slow.

If you have been using your computer for a long time, your files may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter.

To do this, click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then Disk Defragmenter. After it opens, click Defragment disk.