You can help protect against hard drive errors on your PC by running the ScanDisk and defragmentation system utilities. You should run these utilities once a week or so, or any time you notice that your system seems to be running a little slow. To get to these system tools, double-click the My Computer icon. Next click once on the Drive C: icon to select it, right-click, and then choose Properties from the menu. When you do, you'll see the Properties dialog box for your hard drive. Click the Tools tab, and click the Check Now button to run ScanDisk. Then, click the Defragment Now button, and Windows will let you know how much file fragmentation exists on your hard drive. If the software recommends it, let it defragment your disk. (This process may take a while, so don't start it if you're in the middle of a rush job.)
6%
3%
