154 If Something Goes Wrong
Disk or storage drive problems
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.
6Click or touch the Check button.
The Error Checking box appears.
The system will alert you if you need to scan the drive.
7Even if you do not need to scan the drive for errors you
can scan by clicking or touching Scan drive.
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:
1Move your pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen
or swipe in from the right edge. When the Windows®
charms appear click or touch the Search ( ) charm,
then type Defragment in the Search field.
2Click or touch Defragment and Optimize Drives.
3From the Optimize Drives menu click or touch the drive
you wish to defragment.