Checking HDD yourself

Today we'll talk about such an important part of the computer as a hard drive. After all, it stores all our important and valuable data. Therefore, it is simply unacceptable to bring it to a state where it suddenly stops working, and we lose all the necessary information. From this it follows that the HDD check must be performed regularly.

This event is still necessary in order to ensure the stable operation of computers and laptops. Prevention has always been, is and will be much cheaper than troubleshooting and other dances with a tambourine. Therefore, if the HDD scan program detects any hard disk failures in advance, they can be fixed without problems. Agree, it's better than then to carry equipment to the service center, pay for data recovery, and after that also buy a new device.

This material will tell you how to test HDD. I'll tell you about several ways with which you can do it. Looking ahead, I will say that this procedure can be performed both by standard tools of Windows, and with the help of third-party software. Such programs for checking HDD are available in huge quantities.

But we will begin to understand first with the standard software. So, in order for the HDD to be verified, go to the computer where you select the drive you are interested in. Using the right mouse button, call the context menu in which you want to start the properties. You will see a dialog box in which we are interested in the service button. We go into this section and there click on the test. When you do this, you will see another window called "disk check". Check the box next to the automatic error correction, check and repair the bad sectors, and then click on the start button.

The next dialog box opens again, in which we press the "Yes" button. You will see a message containing a warning that HDD verification will be performed only after the next start (this only applies to the system disk). We agree to this and reboot the system. When the computer starts, the test will begin. Be patient, because it is very often performed for a long time. This is due to the fact that, in addition to system errors, the computer will also scan each cluster.

As mentioned before, diagnostics can also be performed not only by standard methods, but also with the help of special software. Users who understand the details will prefer the program data standard. After all, the capabilities of these utilities include getting more comprehensive information, as well as various ways to completely or partially restore damaged clusters, and to move information from problem areas to normal ones.

Let's sum up. In order to ensure that the hard drive does not surprise you in the form of data loss and failure of work, it needs to periodically check and fix the identified problems. Do not forget about it, and your hard drive will then serve you longer.