Disk Or Storage Drive Problems; Error-Checking - Toshiba portege z20-b series User Manual

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

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 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.
7 Even if you do not need to scan the drive for errors you
can scan by clicking or touching
Error-checking tests and repairs the storage drive.
If Something Goes Wrong
Disk or storage drive problems
from the list that appears.
This PC
tab.
Tools
button.
Check
.
computer
Properties
Scan drive
137
.
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