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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 XP will slow down and might produce errors. Note: You can check the capacity of each hard disk drive as follows. 1. Click Start and select My Computer from the start menu. 2. Right-click the hard-disk you want to check. 3. Select Properties from the popup menu. 4. Check the capacity of the hard disk drive. 5. Click the OK button to close the properties window. 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 start the Disk Defragmenter, click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter. Note: The instruction above is for Windows XP users only. ƒ To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs. 90

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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 XP will slow down and might
produce errors.
Note:
You can check the capacity of each hard disk drive as follows.
1.
Click
Start
and select
My
Computer
from the start menu.
2.
Right-click the hard-disk you want to check.
3.
Select
Properties
from the popup menu.
4.
Check the capacity of the hard disk drive.
5.
Click the
OK
button to close the properties window.
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
start the Disk Defragmenter, click
Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
-> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter
.
Note:
The instruction above is for Windows XP users only.
To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs.
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