Quick Steps (for XP and Vista and probably for W7)
Open My Computer
R-Click on Local Disk C (or your primary hard drive) and choose Properties
Click on the Tools Tab and then the Check Now Button which opens a new window
Check the boxes for "Automatically fix..." and "Scan for and attempt recovery..."
Click Start which will open a new window that says "The disk check could not be performed... Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?"
Click YES, then OK out of the Local Disk Properties window and close the My Computer window.
Then the next time you will not be needing your computer for an hour or two or more, after closing all your running programs, turn off the computer. Then restart it and follow the instrutions, then go do something else while Check Disk (or Disk Check) does it's thing... or you can watch the first time to see it go through the five steps.
Here's more details..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/guide-to-using-check-disk-in-windows-vista/
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