how to check your hardrive for errors October 25, 2007
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Does you computer run slow, act strange? Well that could be the sign of a bad sector which is the part of your hardrive that doesn’t work. Here’s how to do this:
Windows Vista:
1. Click Start, type cmd
2. Right click on the program cmd and click run as administrator
3. Accept the UAC prompt and type this: chkdsk /f
4. You will then get a message, type y
5. Restart your computer
6. It will then check your hardrive.
Windows XP (all versions)
1. Click Start, Run
2. Type cmd
3. Type chkdsk /f
4. Type y
5. Restart your computer
6. It will then check your hardrive


