Each computer owner stores all the necessary and important information on the HDD (built-in hard drive) or USB (removable external drives). If you value the safety of your information, then it is necessary to periodically check hard drives for the presence of BAD sectors, that is, damaged areas. Disk damage can occur as a result of strong voltage drops in the power grid, with overheating of the computer itself or a laptop, with a long exposure to vibration, etc.
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To test the disk, you can use the Windows operating system tool, the program is designed to define problems and automatically eliminate them. Before you start checking, close all programs and windows. Through the "Explorer" go to "My Computer", where you choose the disc you want to check. You make a click on it right key mouse, in the left window of the click on the "Properties" column.
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Next action - Go to "Service", where you make a click on the "Perform check" icon. In the window that appears, we mark the necessary graphs and click on the "Run". All you have left is to wait until the program completes its work, it may be a long process, as it depends on the volume of information carrier.
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You can also check using the Victoria program, it is pretty easy to use. First of all, this program needs to download, then install Victoria on your PC. Unzip file and run the program (sometimes started on the name of the administrator). Now in front of you the program window (it is in English), on the left at the top you will see the inscription "Press Passport", on the right to select the disc required verification.
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In the "Standart" tab, all information about the selected hard disk is provided. In the "SMART" tab, information about the status of the drive. Make click on "Get Smart" - if there are no problems with the disk, then the "good" will appear if something is not so different. To test the test, open the tab "Test" and make click on "Start". If the Victoria program detects problem disk spaces, referring to them as "Err X", then you need to mark the Count "Remap" and start the test again by clicking on "Start". Now the program will work on the restoration of the BAD sectors and eliminate the hard disk errors.
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Another well-established program for checking the information drive - HDDScan, it is also English. Download it better from the official site. It does not require installation on the computer, just unpack the file and run the program.
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In the appeared window, in the column "Selekt Drive" select the device to be checked. Next click on the blue button located in the center. Find the string "Surface Test" - click on it, in the additional window, mark the Count "Read" and run the test by making the click on "Add Test". The process of performing the work of the HDDScan program you can observe, for this, make two clicks on "RD-READ". At the end of the verification, the program will provide a report as a message.
There are still many other good programs for checking the hard disk, among them Crystal Disk Info, Ashampoo HDD Control and others. Choose you, but remember that it is better to spend the drive in a timely timely, rather than restore information from it.
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