Toshiba M405, M400 Disk drive problems, Error-checking, Start, Tools, Check now, Properties, My Computer

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Resolving a hardware conflict

Disk drive problems

Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to appear to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are:

You are having trouble accessing a disk, 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

Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it finds.

To run Error-checking:

1Click Start, then click My Computer.

2Right-click the drive you want to check.

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

NOTE This feature is not available for CD/DVD drives.

4Click the Tools tab.

5Click the Check now button.

The Check Disk All Apps box appears.

6You can choose one or both options:

❖Automatically fix file system errors

❖Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors