Chapter 5: Maintaining Your Computer

You should back up your files regularly to a writable optical disc (if you have a recordable drive). Use a backup device, such as a recordable disc drive, to do a complete hard drive backup.

To back up files:

1Click (Start) then click Computer. The Computer window opens.

2Right-click the drive that you want to back up, click Properties, then click the Tools tab.

3Click Backup Now, then click Run a file backup now.

4Follow the on-screen instructions to select a backup storage location and the files and folders to back up.

Help

For more information about backing up files, click Start, then click

Help and Support. Type backup in the Search Help box, then press

ENTER.

Scheduling maintenance tasks

Task Scheduler lets you schedule maintenance tasks such as running Disk Defragmenter and checking your drives for errors.

Important

Your computer must be on during scheduled tasks. If your computer is off, scheduled tasks will not run.

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