1. Open the Start Menu and click on the Computer button on the right dark side.
2. Right click the hard disk drive that you want to check, and click on Properties. (see screenshot below)3. Click on the Tools tab, and click on the Check now button under Error-checking. (see screenshot below)4. You will now see this window. Do the steps below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)
If the selected hard disk is not in use, then you will see check disk start checking the disk now. (see screenshot below)
A) When the scan is complete, you will then see
results similar to this. Click on Close. (see screenshots below)B) Click on OK. (see screenshot below step 3)
C) Stop, you're done.
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Is your hardware getting enough air supply? Also, check the power supply. Is it providing proper power to the motherboard or not.
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RAM issues are among those potentially causing random lockups.
Click the Windows 'start' button (used to be a start button anyhow) and type "memory" in the run/search box and run the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool. Choose 'Restart now...' or 'Check for problems...' as appropriate and let it run the check against your memory. It will display the results when windows next load.
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