This document provides tips for basic computer maintenance including cleaning and cooling your computer, deleting temporary files, running scandisk, backing up your data, defragmenting your hard drive, running error checking, uninstalling software, emptying your recycle bin and deleted emails, and reinstalling your operating system. It also offers tips for dealing with viruses, updating Windows, and resolving common computer issues.

1. Tips & Tricks
Computer
Maintenance
BY: Mohit patodiya

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• Clean and Cool
• Deleting Temporary Files
• Scandisk
• Backup Your Data
How to run scandisk?
 Click on Start-Programs-Accessories-
System Tools-Scandisk.
 Click on Start-Run. In the Run field type scandisk,
press OK or press the Enter key.
There are two ways:

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Defragment your Hard Drive
What is Defragmentation?
• When you create and delete files and
applications on your computer the hard drive will
become fragmented.
• Data is split into chunks and stored in different
areas of the hard disk.
• frees up disk space and speeds up your computer.

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How To Defrag Your
Harddrive?

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How to Defrag Your Harddrive
•Stop using your computer while you are
defragmenting the drive.
•Stop all programs running including
your screen saver.
•Run this program overnight
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How to Defrag Your Harddrive
Windows 9x, xp,window 7
• Click on the Start button, then move to the
Programs, select Accessories, then System Tools,
and then click on the Disk Defragmenter
• Select the drive you wish to defragment
(usually Drive c), click OK, and then click Yes.
Wait for the defragmentation tool to finish (this
may take a long time).

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Windows 2000/Xp/win 7
• Click Start, point to All Programs,
point to Accessories then System Tools,
and click Disk Defragmenter.
• Click the drive you want to defragment,
click the Defragment button and then wait for
the defragmentation tool to finish
(this may take a long time).
How to Defrag Your Harddrive

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Hard Disk Error Checking
Virus Checker
Uninstall Software
Clean Out Your Recycle Bin
Emptying the Recycle Bin
Emptying Your Deleted Email
Operating System Reinstall

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General Computer Tips
The Golden Rule: When all else fails, REBOOT.
• Ctrl+Alt+Del (all at the same time).
A Close Program or Task Manager dialog box
will appear.
• Select the task you want to end (or the ones
that say they are "not responding") and select
End Task.
• If this doesn’t work you can reboot the
machine, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del twice in
succession.

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Unknown Emails
Unknown File Downloads
Incompatible Hardware and Software
Random Deletion of Files
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Windows Update
Starting Windows Update
MS Windows XP / 2000/win7
•http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

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Computer Viruses
What is a virus?
• a computer program designed to replicate and
spread on its own, preferably without a user’s
knowledge
How do viruses spread?
• Computer viruses spread whenever
infected diskettes or files are exchanged.
• Exchanging computer disks or viewing
email attachments.

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How can you protect yourself from viruses?
Computer Viruses
• Have an Antivirus program installed on your
computer
•Regularly scan the computer for viruses (at least
once a week).
•Keep your virus definition files ,up to date (at least
once a month, more times if possible).

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Computer Viruses
•Keep updated in regards to the latest security
patches for your operating systems and
applications
•Do not open email attachments that are from
people you don’t know

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