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Old 04-05-2007, 06:47 PM
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Can anyone tell me where to find 'disk error checking' ?



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Old 04-05-2007, 07:05 PM
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If your operating system is Windows XP, you can use XP Error-Checking tool.
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1. Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the local disk that you want to check.
2. Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3. Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
4. Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box.
5. Click Start.
Or you can use some of these freeware utilities
1. Fresh Diagnose
2. PC Diagnose
3. Emsa-DiskCheck



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Old 04-05-2007, 07:27 PM
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thanks for your quick reply.....did what you said but it says windows was unable to complete the disk check. I have been having alot of this type of thing happen lately. don't know why. been getting alot of errors when trying to do updates for spyware cleaner, etc. any help would be appreciated.



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Old 04-05-2007, 08:16 PM
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Are you getting any error messages, OR your hard disk is making any strange noise?

Try some of the freeware utilities mentioned above to check your hard disk.

Also make sure you backup all your important data.



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Old 05-03-2007, 09:35 AM
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hey JUDDAN don't bother yourself friend ... i have the same problem which is my external hard disk sometimes when i want to access or delete some files i got error prompt that saying "" bad secture ...'' or like that.

-i tried the windows tool chkdsk
- i tried the DOS comman chkdsk
- i used some utilties
but nothing solved it...

i saw i post in another forum that saying '' when u format ur storage device , the problem will be solved''

i hope he is right... i will try it and i'll tell ya...
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