Gateway ALR 8200 User Manual

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Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 21If you selected Thorough and want to change the settings ScanDisk useswhen it checks the disk’s surface, click on the Options button, select theoptions from the Surface Scan Options window, then click on the OKbutton to close the window.5. If you want ScanDisk to automatically fix any errors it finds, select theAutomatically fix errors option in the ScanDisk window.6. Click on the Start button in the ScanDisk window.When the scan is complete, the ScanDisk Results window opensgiving you details of the scanning operation.7. If you want to scan another drive, click on the Close button to returnto the ScanDisk window, select another drive, then go to Step 6.8. When you are finished using ScanDisk, click on Close.Using Check DiskWindows NT provides the Check Disk utility to maintain the hard drive.Check disk enables you to check the drive for errors, fix file system errors,and attempt to recover bad sectors on the drive.Use Check Disk from once a week to once a month, depending on howoften you use your computer. Also use Check Disk whenever you have anyhard drive problems.1. Right-click Start and then click Explore.2. In the Windows NT Explorer window, right-click the drive you want tocheck. You can only check one drive at a time.3. Click Properties.4. Click the Tools tab.5. Click Check Now in the Error-checking dialog box.To use Check Disk