How to check for HDD errors

There are laboratory power supply was crached casually. Could this cause problems for my HDD? Does windows have HDD protection?
I have checked errors use System tools. It takes a long time, but when complete, I do not see any report - was there any errors on hdd or not. Just want know was there any errors on hdd or not.

 

No !!

 

have windows hdd protection if the power supply crashed?

 

sorry i didnt get you !!

what you mean ?

 

Could there be any problems(i.e. errors) happen with HDD if power supply was turned off by mistake?

 

Normally a power supply failure will not cause HDD damage but it can.

If you want a report of your HD condition, run chkdsk from a command prompt.

Go to Start > Run > type cmd press enter.

When the command screen appears, type chkdsk and press enter.

When it finishes, you'll get a report.

It it indicates any errors or bad sectors, it is important that you backup all of your data before attempting to repair them using ANY method. Data loss is always possible when "repairing" any disk problems.

Post back if errors or bad sectors are indicated.

 

Should I run chkdsk or chkdsk /f ? What is difference?
Have the Windows some HDD protection feature from power supply failure?

I tried ScanDisk for Error Checking(with option 'scan for and attempt recovery of bad sector' selected) then run eventvwr.exe and try view Application logs, but found no any info concerning error checking report)

It seems, when the power supply failure happened, there was 3 applications open: Internet Explorer, Outlook, Media Player, plus run Antivirus software. I did not see was there hard disk drive LED 'on' at this time there. I hope that LED was off.

 

Running chkdsk checks for disk errors and bad sectors but doesn't attempt to "Fix" anything found wrong.

Running chkdsk /f doesthe same as above but attempt to make "Repairs" to your file system.

Running chkdsk /r does all of the above plus it performs a surface scan to locate and "Repair" any media surface damage.

If you run chkdsk with either the /f or /r switch, you would be well advised to backup all critical data first. If you don't, it may be the last time you see it.

No, since power failure would render any software useless, that would be impossible. The damage caused by power failure is often media surface to the hard drive and no software could prevent that. Loss of "Unsaved" data is also possible as well as file system corruption. Those are less severe than hard drive media surface damage.

I don't understand that statement. What version of Windows are you running? AFAIK, eventvwr is an XP tool and scandisk doesn't run on XP.

Yes, the HD LED being off would be a good thing. The current breed of hard drives are pretty robust and can stand power interuption better than some of the older ones. You're probably in good shape.

 

>>I don't understand that statement. What version of Windows are you running? AFAIK, eventvwr is an XP tool and scandisk doesn't run on XP

I meant C:> right click> Properties > Tools > Error-checking

 

if you ran checkdisk and no problems where found the drive is ok. and yes the power supply problem could couse you hard drive to go bad. sounds like yours is ok.