Windows scandisk and chkdisk utilities have been around for many years to help you check your hard drive for errors. The purpose of these Windows tools are to check your hard drive for file system errors, and they can also scan the physical surface of your hard drive to look for bad sectors so Windows can either move data off of those bad areas or mark them bad so no data is ever written to them in the future.
You can run error-checking on your drive in Windows 7 in a few simple steps. This can become part of your monthly maintenance regimen, but it isn’t something that needs to be run a lot unless you suspect there is an issue with your hard drive.
How To Check Your Hard Drive For Errors In Windows 7
To begin, click the Start button, and then double-click Computer.
Next, select the C: drive, then right-click it and select Properties.
Under the Tools tab, click the Check now button within the Error-checking section.
You will want to have Windows Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors–so check both of those boxes.
Since Windows cannot perform a scan of the drive while you are running Windows, it will prompt you to Schedule disk check, meaning it will run the scan when you reboot the computer. The scan will take some time to complete, so it’s a good idea to perform the scan before going out or going to bed for the night.
The “Check Disk” utility is important for the overall health of your system and should be run a few times a year to make sure your computer’s hard drive is stable and Windows knows where the bad sectors are located.
Video: check your hard drive for errors using chkdsk:
If you’re experiencing problems with your computer’s hard drive, or if you’re unsure of how to run this important utility, let us know.
Hello there,
First of all, My best wishes for the year ahead…
For a while now I am facing these problems.
1. My startup takes lot of time. Shutdown takes ages..
2. My broadband connection is working fine, I have checked with my network provider. But whenever I start browsing, my browser shows Page cannot be displayed. I’m using both IE8 & Google chrome.
3. I am changing my SATA cable & power cable of the hard drive literally every week. But still whenever I switch on my PC it shows Loading OS error, or boot error, media connection failure, establish link etc.,
After hours of unflinching negotiation with the SATA or power cable, PC starts & again the problems above mentioned continues….
My config
INTEl D945GCR motherboard and processor
2GB RAM, 1.60GHz
160GB HDD
Please Help ASAP….
Thanks a ton in advance.
You should never need to change the cables if they work. It sounds to me like the hard drive is failing. I would backup whatever you can the next time you get onto the computer. I would then run Check Disk http://www.pctechbytes.com/windows-7/check-hard-drive-for-errors
Good luck.
r computer will get to main menu and then it will restart and tha is all it will do?