PC Maintenance (Scan Disk Error Checking)
To do error-checking on your hard disk drive – this may take several hours to run, so do it when you don’t need to use your PC for the rest of the day (do every month or two):
1. [LEFT double click] on MY COMPUTER icon (on your desktop)
If icon not on your desktop, do the following:
a. On your desktop, in a blank area, [RIGHT click]
b. [LEFT click] on PROPERTIES
c. [LEFT click] on DESKTOP
d. [LEFT click] on CUSTOMIZE DESKTOP
e. [LEFT click] on the blank box just to the left of MY COMPUTER
f. [LEFT click] on OK
g. [LEFT click] on OK (again)
2. [RIGHT click] on the C: disk drive icon
3. [LEFT click] on PROPERTIES
4. [LEFT click] on TOOLS
5. [LEFT click] on CHECK NOW
6. If disk option boxes are blank, [LEFT click] on each box to select them
7. [LEFT click] on START
8. After a few moments, you will probably get an error message:
“The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?”
When you get this error message, [LEFT click] on YES
9. [LEFT click] on OK
10. Restart your PC – when it starts up it will do a Scandisk before loading Windows
