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How to check for issues after a power failure?
This morning, the electricity went out for a second, and my computer shut down, then started back up when the power came back on.
How can I be 100% sure that no important Windows files (or the registry or master file table) were corrupted? I'm a bit paranoid because my old computer developed a debilitating (and still undiagnosed) problem in which the hard drive would lock up at random intervals, and that computer turned out to have a corrupted master file table (although that may have been caused by the problem that caused to locking hard drive rather than being the cause). I don't want anything like that happening to this computer.
I've already run chkdsk /r C: in an elevated command prompt. Is there anything else I can do to make extra sure that there's no damage?
I have a very recent (last night) system image backup of Windows made using Macrium Reflect Free, but I think that using it at this point would be an overreaction.
Last edited by hbenthow; 27 Jan 2017 at 12:49.