www.gateway.com913 Click Check Now, then click Start. Your drive is checkedfor errors. This process may take several minutes.After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors,it provides a summary of the problems that it found.4 Correct any problems that are found by following theon-screen instructions.5 Click OK.Defragmenting the hard driveWhen working with files, sometimes Windows divides the fileinformation into pieces and stores them in different places onthe hard drive. This is called fragmentation, and it is normal.In order for your computer to use a file, Windows must searchfor the pieces of the file and put them back together. Thisprocess slows the hard drive performance.Disk Defragmenter organizes the data on the drive so each fileis stored as one unit rather than as multiple pieces scatteredacross different areas of the drive. Defragmenting theinformation stored on the drive can improve hard driveperformance.While Disk Defragmenter is running, do not use your keyboardor mouse because using them may continuously stop andrestart the defragmenting process. Also, if you are connectedto a network, log off before starting Disk Defragmenter.Network communication may stop the defragmentationprocess and cause it to start over.ImportantError checking cannot scan a drive while the drive is being used,so if you try to check your hard drive for errors, you see a prompt askingyou if you want to scan the hard drive later (the next time you restartyour computer). If you see this prompt, click Schedule disc check.HelpFor more information about checking the hard drive for errors,click Start, then click Help and Support. Type checking for diskerrors in the Search Help box, then press E NTER.TipBecause defragmenting a drive may take hours to complete (dependingon the size of the drive being defragmented), consider starting the process whenyou will not need the computer for several hours.
