how to force a hd check during boot up

[Gustavo Seabra]

On 5/9/05, Charles Li <cli168 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had to shutdown using the power button.  At the next
> boot up, it asks me to do a hd check, which I missed.
> How do I tell it to do a hd check after this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles Li
> 

Sometimes it happens to me too. I think the time it gives us to click
on the right key is too llittle. If I'm not with my finger already
there waiting, it just passes and i never get the chance to ask for
the check.

Is there a way to increase the time it waits for the response?


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