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> Maintaining Your Computer

Regular maintenance will help prevent problems and avoid the loss of your data.

Tasks that you should perform:

1) Check the condition of your computer’s hard drive. Use the “ScanDisk” program built into Windows. This task should be done once or twice a month.

2) Get rid of old files that you no longer need. Use the “Disk Cleanup” program in Windows. Do this after running Scan Disk. This task frees up space on the drive.

3) Use the “Disk Defragmenter” program in Windows to make your files unfragmented. Run this program after the tasks 1 and 2.

SCANDISK – Close all open programs. Click the “Start” button, then click Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and last, ScanDisk. Choose 1) “Thorough” option and 2) “Automatically Fix Errors”. Then click Start. This may take up to an hour, depending on the size of the hard drive. If you have a second hard drive, do the same for that one when the first is finished.

DISK CLEANUP – Close all open programs. Click the “Start” button, then Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and last Disk Cleanup. Click in the selection boxes for any categories where disk memory is used. Click Start, and after agreeing to the warning, it will delete unnecessary files.

DISK DEFRAGMENTER – Close all open programs. Click the “Start” button, then Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and last Disk Defragmenter. Select the C-drive and click Start. You can click on Details on the next window if you want to watch the operation of the program. When you get the “completed” message, close the window.

You should not try to do any other work on the computer while these programs are running. While in theory you could use it, it is better and faster not to do so.

If you have problems with any of these programs being interrupted by something running on the computer, you should run them in “Safe Mode”. To enter safe mode, hold down a key while the computer boots up. For Windows 95, hold down the F8 key. For Windows 98, hold the left Ctrl key. When you are through with the maintenance, reboot the computer and it will start in Normal mode.

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