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.
- Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.
- Left click an existing partition or block of free space in the working area, then select Test surface on the
sidebar. - 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. - 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.
- Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.
- Left click an existing partition or block of free space in the working area, then select Check file system on
the sidebar. - 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. - 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.