Windows XP Error Checking Tool
It is a good idea to use the Windows XP error checking tool if you keep getting unexplained error messages or say your computer was shut down in a harmful way. For example an electricity blackout or a pulled cable.
To run this tool go to "My Computer" right click on the local disk C and then go to properties.
Then go to tools - the error checking tool is listed at the top.
Click "Check Now."
Windows gives you several ways to check your computer for errors.
The first way is to click "Start" which causes the tool to begin to scan immediately and will last a minute or two. When it has finished it will give you a message indicating the scan has been completed.
The second method is to select the 1st box which tell the tool to automatically fix the errors it finds. If you click start it will tell you this type of scan is only possible at Windows startup. So if you click "Yes" the next time you start Windows the scan will be completed.
the third method is the check the second box which tells the tool to find and try to recover any bad sectors. this method can take the longest.
Apr 18 - 
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