Disk Drive Problems - Toshiba Portege 2010 User Manual

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:
1 Click Start, then click My Computer.
2 Right-click the drive you want to check, and then click
Properties.
The drive's Properties box appears.
3 Click the Tools tab.
4 Click the Check now button.
The Check Disk All Apps box appears.
5 You can choose one or both options:
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6 Click Start.
Error-checking tests and repairs the disk.
Resolving a hardware conflict
Automatically fix file system errors
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
If Something Goes Wrong
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