Keep getting Blue Screen

aaroncaz

Says something abt checking the hard drive...... Started a while back doing it more often now, yesterday and today............ Can someone advise me what to do please.

santer_2

Click start then run, type chkdsk /r (with the space), click OK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHKDSK

It will take a while to run so only do it when you do not need the machine or it keeps blue screening too often to use it

bazster

BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP!

Otherwise you will regret it big-time when your hard drive goes clunk and never works again.

aaroncaz

santer wrote: »

Click start then run, type chkdsk /r (with the space), click OK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHKDSK

It will take a while to run so only do it when you do not need the machine or it keeps blue screening too often to use it

Will this give me a log? Is there a test which is quicker.

I am backed up bazter thanks.

santer_2

You could try the free version of HD Tune

[SIZE=-1]HD Tune

[SIZE=-1] Program [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] Version [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] Date [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] Filename [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] Filesize [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]HD Tune[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]2.55[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]12 February 2008[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]hdtune_255.exe[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]628 KB[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1] Supported operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7.

http://www.hdtune.com/download.html

It is unlikely the message for check disc will go away until you run it, maybe you can set it to run overnight.

You would get something like this afterwards

[/SIZE][/SIZE]A typical result:
Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 318 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 318 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 318 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... Free space verification is complete. 14996645 KB total disk space. 10187752 KB in 88054 files. 30784 KB in 5774 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 164341 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 4613768 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 3749161 total allocation units on disk. 1153442 allocation units available on disk.

bazster

aaroncaz wrote: »

Will this give me a log? Is there a test which is quicker.

I am backed up bazter thanks.

Good. I just have some scars that start to itch when I read about blue screens and disk drives.

aaroncaz

Thanks, I think this may be beyond me. I need an expert here(like you guys) shall have to ask my landlord to take it home with him.

santer_2

Just run chkdsk /r whenever you are not using it

Usually it will repair or try to repair anything it finds wrong

Or ask the landlord to set it running, no need to move the PC

aaroncaz

I'm always using it when I am home lol! But it needs doing before it dies on me. I should just do it now.

aaroncaz

i think I can mange to set it running, do I need to close everything down? What happens when it finishes?

santer_2

It will show you the progress through the five stages, some are quicker than others.

Everything will be closed anyway as it requires a reboot, you will see a message to type Y to confirm then press enter to reboot.

It is fairly automatic though the percentage may stick for a while, leave it be and it may complete in a couple of hours