Paragon_Hard_Disk_Manager_17

Checking Partitions for Problems

Testing Partition Surface

You can test surface of existing partitions and blocks of free space for bad or unstable sectors. During the operation
all found questionable and damaged sectors will be marked unusable in the file system metadata, thus minimizing
the risk of data loss.

1. Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.


2. Left click an existing partition or block of free space in the working area, then select Test surface on the
   sidebar.


3. If necessary, click Notifications to set up e-mail notification about successful completion and/or failure of
   the operation. Find more details in Notifications Settings.


4. Click Test now to start the operation immediately or Place in queue to add this task to the list of pending
   changes for later execution.

Checking File System Integrity

You can check the integrity of a file system to detect and repair errors before copying data or performing drive
partitioning.

1. Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.


2. Left click an existing partition or block of free space in the working area, then select Check file system on
   the sidebar.


3. If you’d like our program to automatically fix file system errors and/or find and attempt to repair bad
   sectors, just enable the corresponding options.


4. If necessary, click Notifications to set up e-mail notification about successful completion and/or failure of
   the operation. Find more details in Notifications Settings.