Windows 8 handles 'hard drive' error

You will no longer be inhibited because the system is "sluggish" every time when troubleshooting, hard drive errors like before. Windows 8 handled these problems quickly and had little effect on computer performance, according to Microsoft.

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Microsoft said that Windows 8 has a hard drive monitoring function and error detection that makes diagnostics and troubleshooting faster than previous Windows generations. ChkDsk utility improvements on Windows 8 will not affect the system performance much, the scanning process takes place faster.

Besides, Microsoft also made some improvements to NTFS file system, support for ChkDsk utility. In Windows 8, the execution of the error scan will run in the background while the system is still running, if the ChkDsk error is encountered, it will fix itself. If the error cannot be corrected when the system is running, the program will record and proceed to fix the error when the drive is inactive.

These improvements were also adopted by Microsoft on Windows Server 2012, formerly known as Windows Server 8. Kiran Bangalore, director of the Windows Core Storage and File Systems program, said the "dead" time of inspection and engraving. recover hard drive errors on Windows 8 in just a few seconds. There is absolutely no downtime with Windows Server 2012. Chkdsk runtime on Windows 8 depends on the number of errors, regardless of the number of files like previous Windows generations.