Variations for Windows 7, Vista, and XP are included.
File Explorer is available via a quick search, too.
Windows Explorer, in earlier versions of Windows, is also available viaComputerorMy Computerin the Start menu.

You might have to showNavigation panefrom theViewmenu if you don’t see this option.
In XP, this is inView>Explorer Bar>Folders.
Select theToolstab at the top of the window.

Checking both is the same as executingchkdsk /r.
Look for Event ID 26226.
What Does ‘Error Checking’ Do?

verify the hard drive isconnected, then open theDisk Managementtool.
Locate the hard drive in the list andright-clickit, selectInitialize Disk, chooseGPT, then selectOK.