Appendix B. Use and care information
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Maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -An important part of owning your computer is maintenance. With proper
care, you can avoid common problems. The following sections provide
information that can help you to keep your computer running smoothly.
General tips for maintenance
1
Check the capacity of your hard disk drive from time to time. If the
hard disk drive gets too full, Windows® will slow down and might
produce errors.
2
Empty your recycle bin on a regular basis.
3
Use the Microsoft Disk Defragmenter on your hard disk drive on a
regular basis to improve data seek and read time.
• To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs.
• Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client
program.
• At l east once a week, mak e a point to back up you r data. If c ritical da ta is
present, it is a good idea to perform a daily backup. Lenovo has many
backup options available for your computer. CD-RW drives or
CD-RW/DVD drives are available for most computers.
• Use or schedule System Restore to take a system snapshot periodically.