HP SR2010NX manual Recommended Maintenance Schedule, Daily Weekly Monthly, Quarterly seasonally

Windows reports smaller capacity in the Windows Explorer tool and in the My Computer window because it shows information about one partition on the hard disk drive at a time. The first partition contains the System Recovery information.

Recommended Maintenance Schedule

Daily	Weekly		Monthly
Manage e-mail	Protect against viruses,		Use Windows Update
• Delete e-mail from	adware, and spyware		• Check for updates
unknown sources.	•	Update definition files	or schedule a monthly
• Do not open untrusted		or schedule a weekly	automatic update.
attachments.		automatic update.	(See the Getting Started
• File e-mail.	•	Run a full virus, adware, and	Guide for details.)
		spyware scan or schedule a
		weekly automatic scan.
	Optimize performance		Review the Start menu
	•	Run Disk Cleanup.	• Set to launch only needed
		(See “Running the Disk	applications.
		Cleanup Program” on
		page 1.)
	• Check for disk errors.
		(See “Checking for Hard
		Disk Drive Errors” on
		page 2.)
	•	Run Disk Defragmenter.
		(See “Running the Disk
		Defragmenter Program”
		page 2.)
	Optimize your browser		Clean up the desktop
	•	Delete cookies.	• Delete or uninstall unneeded
	•	Delete cache.	icons and applications.
	•	Delete history files.	(See “Removing Unused
			Programs” on page 1.)
	Empty the Recycle Bin		Maintain overall condition
	• This, and other cleanup		• Check cleanliness.
		tasks, can be performed with	• Make sure ventilation is
		the Disk Cleanup program.	unobstructed.
		(See “Running the Disk	• Secure all connections and
		Cleanup Program” on	cabling.
		page 1.)
	Back up important files to		Create a Restore Point
	CD or DVD		(See “Microsoft System
	(See “Creating Data Backup		Restore” on page 16.)
	Discs” on page 1.)

Quarterly (seasonally)

Set new passwords

(See the Getting Started Guide for details.)

Clean the PC, monitor, keyboard, and mouse

•For detailed cleaning instructions, go to http://www.hp.com/ support

select your country/region and language, search on your PC model number, and then search on the keyword cleaning.

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