During the operation of a personal computer or laptop, sooner or later, malfunctions or malfunctions in its operation can occur. This can be expressed in different ways: in an unexpected shutdown or reboot of the device, braking or freezing during operation. There can be several reasons, the main of which are memory errors, software problems and hard disk problems. The latter happen most often. To determine and eliminate these causes, the computer is checked for errors.
There are two main ways to diagnose the hard drive we need. The first - you can use regular Windows tools, the second - use one of the many third-party programs.
To begin, consider how a computer is checked for errors using standard tools. First, go to "My Computer", where we find the logical drive we need, then select "Properties" - "Service" - "Check the disk for errors" and click on the "Run Scan" item.
Two options are possible further: either scanning of the hard disk will start, or a message will appear that the disk is busy and verification is now impossible. No need to be scared, it just happens the next time the operating system boots. You can immediately restart the computer and before starting the system you will observe on the screen the entire scanning process. After its completion you will see the corresponding inscription. In the event that errors are detected, Windows will try to fix them itself.
Checking your computer for errors in this way for some reason may not suit you. In this case, use one of the third-party programs that test hard drives. MHDD has a lot of good reviews. Briefly and consider how to use it.
The functionality of this program is quite powerful. It diagnoses drives operating under Windows OS with SCSI / IDE / SATA interfaces, and also works with external storage media, RAID arrays. Performs scheduled scans and sends the results via email. This is a very good hard drive program. Windows 7 is also supported, which is important.
First of all, download the program we need. By the way, it is recommended to use not the latest version, a difficult one, but, for example, 2.8,
which is simpler. We launch the executable file and in the main window of the program select the disk that we will check. Press SMART and a window with the "Start" and "Stop" buttons will appear. We press the first - the computer will begin checking for errors. After its completion, you need to pay attention to the colors of the appearing rectangles that fill the map of the surface of the hard drive. Usually they are colorful. If the rectangles having a green color began to appear, then this already speaks of the problems of the disk. It would not hurt to take care of
backing up the most important information. And yet, at the bottom there is a section of rectangles indicated by the letter "B". So, if this section is determined and begins to fill up, then this also does not bode well for your device. Here you already need to perform hard disk treatment.
In conclusion
In order to ensure that the scan results are as adequate as possible, and the HDDScan program does not fail, you must turn off all programs on the computer, primarily the antivirus and the Internet, before starting the scan.