Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 11e (English) User Guide - Page 91
Preventing problems, General tips for preventing problems
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Chapter 6. Preventing problems An important part of owning a ThinkPad notebook computer is maintenance. With proper care, you can avoid common problems. This chapter provides information that can help you keep your computer running smoothly. • "General tips for preventing problems" on page 75 • "Making sure device drivers are current" on page 76 • "Taking care of your computer" on page 77 General tips for preventing problems This topic provides the following tips to help you prevent computing problems: • Check the capacity of your hard disk drive or solid-state drive from time to time. If the hard disk drive or solid-state drive gets too full, the Windows operating system will slow down and might produce errors. To check the hard disk drive or solid-state drive capacity, do the following: - Windows 7: Click Start ➙ Computer. - Windows 8.1: Open the File Explorer and click Computer. • Empty your recycle bin on a regular basis. • Use disk defragment tool regularly on your hard disk drive or solid-state drive to improve data seek and read times. • To free up disk space, uninstall unused application programs. Note: You also might want to look for program duplication or overlapping versions. • Clean out your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders from your e-mail client program. • Back up your data at least once a week. If critical data is present, it is a good idea to perform a daily backup operation. Lenovo has many backup options available for your computer. Rewritable optical drives are available for most machines and are easily installed. • Schedule system restore operations to take a system snapshot periodically. For more information about system restore, see Chapter 8 "Recovery information" on page 97. • Update device drivers and the UEFI BIOS when needed. • Profile your machine at http://www.lenovo.com/support to keep up to date with current drivers and revisions. • 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. • 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. • If you ever need to run a recovery on your computer to return the preinstalled contents onto the machine, the following tips might help along the way: - Remove all external devices such as the printer, keyboard, and so on. - Make sure that your battery is charged and your computer has the ac power connected. - Access ThinkPad Setup 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. © Copyright Lenovo 2014 75