Disk Or Storage Drive Problems; Error-Checking - Toshiba Tecra Z40-A Series User Manual

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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.

Error-checking

NOTE
Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories and files
on the storage drive and repairs any damage it finds.
To run Error-checking:
1 From the Start screen, type
2 Click or touch
3 Right-click or touch the drive you wish to check.
(Sample Image) Clicking on or touching the drive
4 In the pop-up menu, click or touch
The drive's Properties box appears.
5 Click or touch the
6 Click or touch the
The Error Checking box appears.
The system will alert you if you need to scan the drive.
This feature is not available for optical disc drives.
This PC
computer
from the list that appears.
tab.
Tools
button.
Check
.
.
Properties