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OK, go to Control Panel, or open My Computer. Right click on your drive. If you have more than one, you will have to do this on each drive. Choose Properties, Tools, then check the drive. It could take a while, but, lemme tell yah, I have not had a SBHH in two days. RW runs like a top. So does Win 7. All my games, Net Flix, You tube, it all runs fantastic!

Chris
I think what you are referring to is the windows chkdsk function and this is quite a good article on it: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true

I'm not sure that I would want to run this on my SSDs as the results can be misleading - I've asked MS about this and OCZ but have not received a definitive reply, so whilst it may help a conventional hard-platter HDD it may not be as useful in a SSD.

I would also have run sfc /scannow before chkdsk just to ensure the system files are OK.

Good tip.
pH

There's a lot more that should be checked and cleaned up as well. But this is all routine for a lot of us for many years.
I recently had a recurrence of SBHH and even a BSOD! Turns out my memory was not optimized in system BIOS. Followed manufacturers suggested settings and now all is fine again and I'm back up to speed. http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=7688 In addition to that. Just keep your computer cleaned up. Keep it virus free. Go into msconfig and get rid of unnecessary junk running in the background. Defrag occasionally if your still on a platter drive. Optimize your BIOS setup. Optimize your display driver. Go into device manager and make sure there's no flags displayed. There's more. But the bottom line is you should have a checklist of routine maintenance things you do or check on a weekly basis. Stay on top of things so when it starts acting up, you'll have a pretty good idea why and what to do about it.