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If Something Goes Wrong
Disk or storage drive problems
deteriorate. This is also an intrinsic characteristic of the screen
technology. When the computer is operated on battery power, the
screen will dim and you may not be able to increase the brightness
of the screen while on battery power.
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.
Error-checking
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:
1From the Start screen, type computer.
2Click or touch This PC from the list that appears.
3Right-click or touch the drive you wish to check.
(Sample Image) Clicking on or touching the drive
4In the pop-up menu, click or touch Properties.
The drive’s Properties box appears.
5Click or touch the Tools tab.
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