Scan Hard Drive for errors with chkdsk

What is the Hard Drive?

The hard drive or disk drive is the long term storage for programs, data, pictures, music, videos, etc.

Chkdsk is a standard, built-in windows tool used to find and fix disk errors caused by faulty installations or power failures or hard drive issues.

Click: Start -> Run

type: 'chkdsk c: /f' without the quotes, and click: OK

When your asked: 'Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)', choose Y

Restart your computer

NOTE: this could take a long time [ie., many minutes] to complete

Click: Start -> computer

Right-Click Disk and choose properties, choose tools, and click Check now