How to Fix Bad Sectors on a Hard Disk

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How to check and repair bad sectors on a hard disk. Step1 Select My Computer. Step2 Under Hard Disk Drives highlight the the c:/ drive which you want to scan. right click it and choose Properties Step3 Open the Tools tab. You can choose the two options in the box to automatically fix file system errors and scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors. Click the Check Now... button. While the the program is checking you will notice it checks the disk in phases. Step4 In earlier version of Microsoft Windows and DOS, this functionality was built into the `scandisk` and `chkdsk` utilities. Once the bad sector or sectors have been "repaired", continue to back up your hard drive on a regular basis. Hard drives are mechanical devices and all mechanical devices will eventually fail.