How to check hard drive disc for bad sectors and errors

Everyone should regularly check their hard drive becource there can be things like errors, lost clusters,incorrect file structure and bad sectors. Doing this task you can protract the life of your hard worked hard drive.
you can easily access tools to check the health of your hard drive in windows

Here's how to get there

1. First go to the Start Menu and choose My Computer (if ther is a shortcut in your desktop choose it )
2. Right click on the drive you want to check.( I always check C: drive as it is my main drive.)
3. Then Choose Properties from the drop down menu.
4. Click on the Tools tab
5. Then press check now to scan your hard disc for errors.
6. A dialog box will appear with some choices. Choose to let Windows fix errors automatically.
7. Then press start.
8. When it is finished scanning a report will appear.

see how it is easy ...Just try it now

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