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Chapter 9. Preventing problems An important part of owning a ThinkPad notebook 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 preventing problems" on page 121 • "Making sure device drivers are current" on page 122 • "Taking care of your computer" on page 123 General tips for preventing problems 1. If your computer is equipped with both a hard disk drive and an mSATA solid state drive, you are not recommended to use the mSATA solid state drive as a bootable device. The mSATA solid state drive is designed and developed for "cache" function purpose only. If you use the mSATA solid state drive as a bootable device, its reliability is not guaranteed. 2. Check the capacity of your hard disk drive from time to time. If the hard disk drive gets too full, the Windows operating system will slow down and might produce errors. Note: To check the capacity for your hard disk drive, click Start ➙ Computer. 3. Empty your recycle bin on a regular basis. 4. Use disk defragment tool regularly on your hard disk drive to improve data seek and read times. 5. To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs. Note: You might also want to look for application program duplication or overlapping versions. 6. Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client program. 7. 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. Rewritable optical disk drives are available for most machines and are easily installed. 8. Use or schedule System Restore to take a system snapshot periodically. For more information about System Restore, see "Performing backup and recovery operations" on page 60. 9. Update device drivers and UEFI BIOS when needed. 10. Profile your machine at http://www.lenovo.com/support to keep up to date with current drivers and revisions. 11. Keep up to date for device drivers on other non-Lenovo hardware. You might want to read the device driver information release notes prior to updating for compatibility or known issues. 12. Keep a log book. Entries might include major hardware or software changes, driver updates, minor issues you have experienced and how you resolved the minor issues. 13. If you ever need to run a recovery on your computer to return the preload onto the machine, the following tips might help along the way: • Remove all external devices such as the printer, keyboard and so on. • Ensure that your battery is charged and that you have the ac power connected. • Boot into the UEFI BIOS and load the default settings. • Restart the computer and start the recovery operation. • If your computer uses discs as the recovery media, do not remove the disc from the drive until prompted to do so. 14. For suspected hard disk drive issues, refer to "Diagnosing problems" on page 127 and run a diagnostic test of the drive before you call the Customer Support Center. If your computer does not start up, © Copyright Lenovo 2012 121

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Chapter 9.
Preventing problems
An important part of owning a ThinkPad notebook 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 preventing problems” on page 121
•
“Making sure device drivers are current” on page 122
•
“Taking care of your computer” on page 123
General tips for preventing problems
1. If your computer is equipped with both a hard disk drive and an mSATA solid state drive, you are not
recommended to use the mSATA solid state drive as a bootable device. The mSATA solid state drive is
designed and developed for “cache” function purpose only. If you use the mSATA solid state drive as a
bootable device, its reliability is not guaranteed.
2. Check the capacity of your hard disk drive from time to time. If the hard disk drive gets too full, the
Windows operating system will slow down and might produce errors.
Note:
To check the capacity for your hard disk drive, click
Start
➙
Computer
.
3. Empty your recycle bin on a regular basis.
4. Use disk defragment tool regularly on your hard disk drive to improve data seek and read times.
5. To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs.
Note:
You might also want to look for application program duplication or overlapping versions.
6. Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client program.
7. 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. Rewritable
optical disk drives are available for most machines and are easily installed.
8. Use or schedule System Restore to take a system snapshot periodically. For more information about
System Restore, see “Performing backup and recovery operations” on page 60.
9. Update device drivers and UEFI BIOS when needed.
10. Profile your machine at http://www.lenovo.com/support to keep up to date with current drivers and
revisions.
11. Keep up to date for device drivers on other non-Lenovo hardware. You might want to read the device
driver information release notes prior to updating for compatibility or known issues.
12. Keep a log book. Entries might include major hardware or software changes, driver updates, minor
issues you have experienced and how you resolved the minor issues.
13. If you ever need to run a recovery on your computer to return the preload onto the machine, the
following tips might help along the way:
•
Remove all external devices such as the printer, keyboard and so on.
•
Ensure that your battery is charged and that you have the ac power connected.
•
Boot into the UEFI BIOS and load the default settings.
•
Restart the computer and start the recovery operation.
•
If your computer uses discs as the recovery media, do not remove the disc from the drive until
prompted to do so.
14. For suspected hard disk drive issues, refer to “Diagnosing problems” on page 127 and run a diagnostic
test of the drive before you call the Customer Support Center. If your computer does not start up,
© Copyright Lenovo 2012
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