Unfortunately, discs are prone to scratches, chips, and general dirt buildup, often rendering them useless. However, there are way to fix a scratched disc and get it working again. Read on to see ...

A hard disk used as a work space to store data temporarily. In highly computational applications such as editing large images or video, the scratch disk is used to hold the data being edited.

The other, more likely solution is to convert your disk to use the old MBR partition scheme. Doing this will delete all the data on the drive, but if you're installing Windows from scratch ...