{"id":31475,"date":"2026-02-04T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=31475"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:30:45","slug":"check-your-hard-drive-for-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/check-your-hard-drive-for-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Hard Drive for Errors\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Check Your Hard Drive for Errors\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Windows 10 and 11 let you scan your hard drive(s) for errors while you use your computer \u2013 and it\u2019s easy to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s check your Windows drive (usually C:\\) for errors.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Open File Explorer (Windows Key + E). On the left pane under This PC, right-click on your C:\\ drive, and click \u201cProperties\u201d. (Windows 11 users note: You will need to click on “Show more options” to click on “Properties<\/em>.”) When the \u201cProperties\u201d dialog opens, click the \u201cTools\u201d tab, and then click the \u201cCheck\u201d button.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight
\nAbove: Windows 10. Below: Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

Once you click the \u201cCheck\u201d button, the following dialog will appear. It will tell you if you need to scan the drive for errors. If you don\u2019t (as below), it will also tell you that. Even if it says, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to scan this drive,\u201d you can still scan the drive if you want to. Just click \u201cScan drive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

You can scan any hard drive using this tip.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to check your hard drive(s) using the Command Prompt.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.) Type CMD in the taskbar search.<\/span>
\n2.) In the search results, click \u201cRun as administrator\u201d.<\/span>
\n3.) Type the following command at the prompt and press Enter. (Make sure you leave a space before the slash.)<\/span><\/p>\n

CHKDSK \/SCAN<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows will scan your drive\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Scan<\/span><\/p>\n

Above Windows 10: Below Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

When the scan is finished, Windows will tell you if further action is required. As you can see, I don\u2019t need to do anything more. My drive is fine. Yay!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Scan<\/span><\/p>\n

Now you know how to check your hard drives for errors!<\/span><\/p>\n

And a couple more things…<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If drive errors are found, you can fix them by following the instructions displayed on the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can use this tip to scan any drive, not just the Windows drive ( usually Drive C:\\).<\/span><\/p>\n

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  Check Your Hard Drive for Errors\u00a0 Windows 10 and 11 let you scan your hard drive(s) for errors while you use your computer \u2013 and it\u2019s easy to do. Let\u2019s check your Windows drive (usually C:\\) for errors. Open File Explorer (Windows Key + E). On the left pane under This PC, right-click on your C:\\ drive,\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4383,3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31478,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475\/revisions\/31478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}