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Chapter 3, Maintaining Your Computer
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NOTE For additional information about viruses, see “Fending off Computer Viruses from
the Internet” on page 76 .
Backing Up Your Data
The data stored in your computer is important to you. For that reason, we
encourage you to back up your files regularly. Doing so can save weeks, months,
and even years of data from being lost.
There are a number of ways to back up data:
• Use ordinary 1.44 MB diskettes to back up your data.
• If your computer has a zip® drive, you can back up your data on zip® disks.
• If your computer has a CD-RW/DVD-RW device connected to it, you can back
up your data onto CD/DVDs.
• If your computer has a tape device connected to it, you can back up your data
onto tape.
The first method in the list works for all systems, but is time consuming because
each diskette hold a relatively small amount of data.
NOTE The Microsoft® Windows® operating system includes its own backup program.
Refer to the manual that comes with your computer for more information. If you
use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program to back up your data, keeping it
minimized when backing up your data allows it to run up to 25% faster than when
it is not minimized.
Using ScanDisk
ScanDisk is a Microsoft® Windows® utility that checks your computer’s hard
drive for errors and corrects problems that it finds. These errors often occur when
the operating system locks up and you then restart the computer system.
To run the ScanDisk utility:
1.
Click the Start button on the Microsoft® Windows® taskbar.
2.
When the Start menu appears, click the following options in each successive
popup menu:
Programs , Accessories , System Tools , and ScanDisk .