User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook
- Getting Started
- Getting Help
- Windows Basics
- Using the Internet
- Using Multimedia
- Sending and Receiving Faxes
- Managing Power
- Travel Tips
- Customizing Your Notebook
- Upgrading Your Notebook
- Networking Your Notebook
- Moving from Your Old Computer
- Maintaining Your Notebook
- Restoring Software
- Troubleshooting
- Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information
- Index
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Chapter 14: Maintaining Your Notebook
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3 Click the Tools tab.
4 Click Check Now.
5 Select the options to use, then click Start. For help, press F1. Windows
checks the drive for errors. This process may take several minutes.
6 Correct any problems that are found by following the on-screen
instructions. After Windows has finished checking the drive for errors,
it provides a summary of the problems that it found.
7 Click OK.
Defragmenting the hard drive
When working with files, sometimes Windows divides the file information
into pieces and stores them in different places on the hard drive. This is called
fragmentation, and it is normal. In order for the computer to use a file,
Windows must search for the pieces of the file and put them back together.
This process slows the hard drive performance.