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Y650 User Guide V1.0_en.book Page 84 Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:59 PM Chapter 6. Safety, Use, and Care Information „ 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 Diskeeper Lite or the Microsoft Disk Defragmenter on your hard disk drive on a regular basis to improve data seek and read time. ƒ To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs. Note: You might also want to look for application program duplication or overlapping versions. ƒ Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client program. ƒ At least once a week, make a point to back up your data. If critical data is present, it is a good idea to perform a daily backup. Lenovo has many backup options available for your computer. CD-RW drives and CDRW/DVD drives are available for most computers and are easily installed. ƒ Use or schedule System Restore to take a system snapshot periodically. 84

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Chapter 6. Safety, Use, and Care Information
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 Diskeeper Lite or 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.
Note:
You might also want to look for application program duplication or
overlapping versions.
Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client
program.
At least once a week, make a point to back up your data. If critical data is
present, it is a good idea to perform a daily backup. Lenovo has many
backup options available for your computer. CD-RW drives and CD-
RW/DVD drives are available for most computers and are easily
installed.
Use or schedule System Restore to take a system snapshot periodically.
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