I would forget about defragging - the drive is pretty certainly on its
deathbed. Scandisk "might" be able to block the bad sectors - but it's
probably too late for that too.
You didn't mention what version of Windows? You can run Checkdisk (XP
and Vista) by opening Explorer and right-clicking on the C: drive.
Choose Properties, then Tools tab, then click "Check Now".
To run it from the Start, Run, box type CMD. You'll get a DOS type
window. Type CHKDSK C:/r and you should get a message asking if you
want to run checkdisk the next time the computer boots. Choose "yes"
and reboot.
Good luck,
Donk
campermick wrote:
> Back again. My nephew has a Dell Dimension 4700 with 1 gig ram and a
> 160 gig hard drive. His hard drive has been making funny clicking
> sounds and crashes on him. The hard drive is Maxtor and is 4 years
> old. He is getting a new (well used) Maxtor from a friend of his. In
> the mean time his pc won't defrag. It keeps telling him to run check
> disk and scandisk. What are the proper commands to do this from 'run'
> Everytime he types in what he thinks they are, it tells him they can't
> be found - check spelling.
>
> Well, you guys have saved me in the past, hopefully you'll be able to
> help.
>
> Mick
>
>
>
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