Check the hard drive's health: Double-click the Disk Health icon on the desktop for technical information on the hard drive. The last tab lets you run the drive's built-in diagnostic tests.

Scan for malware: Unfortunately, the command-line version of ClamAV that comes in PartedMagic is anything but friendly. You may want to follow these instructions closely, or just skip to the next section, where I suggest some alternatives.

First, you have to download the current definitions. Click the Start button (yes, I'm using the Windows term for clarity) and select System Tools. If a Download Clamav Definitions option is available, select it.

If you don't see one there, launch Firefox (Start, Internet, Firefox), and go to the . Download main.cvd and daily.cvd. Save them to the /root/clamav folder.

Before you run the scan, make sure that all of the partitions you want to scan are mounted. See the "Recover Files" section above for instructions.