Gateway 8450R - Manual (Page 122)

Maintaining and managing your hard drive 121
Using Check Disk in Windows NT
Bad sectors are parts of a hard drive or diskette that will not hold data. A lost
allocation unit is a group of sectors that has lost its place in the table that
the operating system uses to locate files. Check Disk checks the hard drive
for bad sectors or lost allocation units and lets you fix them.
Use Check Disk from once a week to once a month, depending on how often
you use the server. Also use Check Disk if you have any hard drive problems.
To use Check Disk:
1 Double-click the My Computer icon. The My Computer window opens.
2 Right-click the drive you want to check.
3 Select Properties . The drive’s properties window opens.
4 Click the Tools tab.
5 At Error-checking , click Check Now . The Check Disk window opens.
6 Scan the entire hard drive by selecting Scan for and attempt recovery of bad
sectors .
7 Click Start. Check Disk checks the drive for errors.
8 Follow any on-screen instructions for completing the scan.
Hard drive management practices
By deleting unneeded files from your hard drive and managing the space that
is automatically allocated for saving certain files, you can help maintain the
performance of the hard drive. We suggest that you first check your hard drive
for available space, then back up important files prior to deleting unneeded
files, in case you delete important files by mistake.
Checking hard drive space
In Windows, you can see a chart of the available hard drive space.
To check hard drive space:
1 Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. The My Computer
window opens.
2 Right-click the drive you want to check.
3 Select Properties . The drive’s properties window opens. The General tab
shows you the available and used space on the drive.
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