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  You can run Check Disk from the command line or within other utilities. At a command prompt, you can test the integrity of the C drive by typing the following command:     chkdsk C: To find and repair errors that are found in the E drive, use the following command:  chkdsk /f C:    Note that Check Disk can’t repair volumes that are in use. If the volume is in use, Check Disk displays a prompt that asks if you want to schedule the volume to be checked the next time you restart the system. Click Yes to schedule this.   The complete syntax for Check Disk is as follows: CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] The options and switches for Check Disk are used as follows: volume Sets the volume to work with path/filename Specifies files to check for fragmentation (FAT16 and FAT32 only) /F Fixes errors on the disk /V Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk (FAT16 and FAT32); displ...

  1) for that you can use Hiren boot cd            or        get parted magic and use Unetbootin to make a bootable USB drive   2 ) The system should booted with parted magic   3) Determine which drive is the one you want to wipe. The tools on the desktop should show you pretty obviously what drive /dev/sdX, most likely it will be /dev/sda  4) open terminal type        hdparm -I / dev / sdX      This will show the information pertaining to this drive   5) If the drive shows that it is frozen (no “not” to frozen) you will need to unfreeze it. The most effective way to do this appears to be to put the computer to sleep. To do this:          a) type echo -n mem > /sys/power/state b) This will put the computer to sleep. Once it’s asleep, you should be able to wake the computer up (touch some keys, move the mouse…) 6) Run the...