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How to run Check Disk

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A command run utility, check disk, or chkdsk, checks the health of a hard disk and, if necessary, recovers and repairs data stored on the drive.

Check disk also identifies any malfunctioning or damaged sectors on your hard drive and recovers any data still intact.

Command Syntax

chkdsk (name of the drive:) (/p) (r)

drive: = The drive letter of the partition that you want to check for errors

/p = When you select this option, the selected drive is extensively checked and errors are corrected.

/r = When you select this option, bad sectors are located and any readable data is recovered

Note: when you use the latter option, you don’t have to use the first option with it as it is implied.

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Run Check Disk

You can run chkdsk at the command prompt. Alternately, you can run it from My Computer window. To do the latter, perform the following steps:

  1. Open My Computer
  2. Right-click the drive you want to check, and select Properties
  3. Select Tools
  4. Click the Check now button under Error-checking
  5. In the Check disk options dialog box, select either one of the two options or both of them, and then click Start.

If, for some reasons, your hard drive crashes, you can recover your data with help of a reliable and fast data recovery tool.

Using a Windows smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot

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You need to access the Internet on your laptop but there is no free WiFi zone around. What are you going to do now? If you have a Windows smartphone, you can tether its 3G or 4G signal and use it as a WiFi hotspot. To do this, you would need to perform the steps detailed below:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Select the System tab
  3. Open the Internet Sharing option
  4. Select Internet sharing, which, by default, is switched off
  5. Click the setup box, and select a name for your WiFi hotspot. Enter a password for it as well

Now, open your laptop, select the WiFi hotspot you’ve just created among the names of WiFi connections available, and enter the password. That’s it! Now you can access the Internet from your laptop.

You can also covert an Android phone, iPhone, or a Blackberry phone into a WiFi hotspot. However, the steps for each of these devices are slightly different.

For your laptop we recommend you keep it safe from malware by installing a robust antivirus tool. In addition, you may also consider using a free, third-party firewall, which can be much better than the default Windows firewall.

Winzip for Windows 8: A review

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Windows 8 applications, including the WinZip for Windows 8, which we will review here, are built for touch. If you use a touch screen, these applications mostly work like a breeze. However, if it is a desktop that you are using, lack of a toolbar and blank expanses are just too prominent and can be irritating. In this regard, WinZip for Windows 8 is no different—it is perfect for touch screen, but far from perfectnfor a desktop user. That said, it contains some useful new features that will appeal to both touch screen and desktop users.

When you open WinZip for Windows 8, as expected, it does not offer any menus or buttons. But it does show a message which goes something like this: use app bar to open a file or to add files or folders to a new zip file. How to access the app bar, however, is not shared. To access it, right-click on an empty space on WinZip’s interface.

The toolbar provides you with 6 buttons: Add a Folder, Add Files, Open Zip, New Zip, ZipShare and ZipSend. Like previous versions, WinZip for Windows 8 allows users to add folders and files locally. However, more importantly, unlike previous versions, the tool allows you to pull files from Google Drive, Dropbox, and SkyDrive into your archive. Perhaps, for this feature alone, WinZip for Windows 8 is a pretty useful tool for desktop users as well.

Whether you use touch screen or desktop, keep your Windows 8 system protected from malware by installing an advanced antivirus tool.