The following article will guide you through running a check disk operation. This is useful if you suspect that there are errors or bad sectors on your hard disk.
Open a command prompt by clicking the Start button.
Search for cmd, right click command prompt and select Run as administrator.
From within the command prompt type chkdsk /r/x C:. The /r option will locate and attempt to repair bad sectors, the /x option forces the volume to dismount if necessary.
You will be prompted to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts, press Y for yes.
Now reboot your computer and the check disk should begin, the check disk will take a long time to complete.
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