Clean Up Disk Errors With Windows Check Disk Utility

Run this twice 3-4 times a month.

Whenever a program crashes, you experience some power outage or you improperly shut down your computer, your computer may
create errors on your computer's hard disk. Over time these errors will slow your computer.

Windows operating systems includes a Disk Check utility program to check and clean any errors on your computer and keep it
running in top form.

To run a Disk Check:

1.In your Start menu, click on My Computer.

2.In the My Computer box, right-click on the drive you wish to check for errors (for most of us this will be the C: drive, unless you have more than one drive on your computer), and then click Properties.

3.In the Properties box, click the Tools tab. In the Error-Checking section, press the Check Now button.

A Check Disk dialog box displays.


4.In the Check Disk box. Check all the check boxes. Then Click Start.

5.You will see a message box that says you can schedule the disk check to start the next time you restart your computer.

Click Yes.

The next time you restart your computer, it will automatically run through a disk check before displaying your
login screen.

After the disk check finishes, Windows will automatically bring you to your login screen.

Note: Check Disk can take between an hour to several hours depending on the size of your hard drive and ammount of errors
on the drive.

Check and clean errors on your computer 3-4 times a month.