Disk
Defragmenter
You can use the Disk Defragmenter utility
to join the separated blocks by moving the
data to contiguous blocks and thereby increasing
the system performance.
The Disk Defragmenter utility is available
with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP. To run the
Disk Defragmenter, select
Start -> Programs -> Accessories
-> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter.
Select the drive to defragment using
Select Drive dialog box and click
OK to complete the process.
ScanDisk
You can use the ScanDisk utility to examine
disks to mark out physical and logical errors
on them. You can try to recover any valuable
data that is present in the bad sectors.
The Scandisk utility is available with
Windows 95, 98, and NT. To run the ScanDisk
utility, select
Start -> Programs -> Accessories
-> System Tools -> ScanDisk.
Follow the steps given in the ScanDisk dialog
box to complete the process.
CHKDSK
You can use the CHKDSK utility to check
for disk errors. It is available in DOS, Windows 2000 and XP.
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