Compal HEL80, User Manual

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3 Caring for Your Notebook
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3.1.5 Precautions
• Don't spill liquids on the keyboard. If liquid is spilt on the keyboard, turn your
notebook off immediately. Leave off overnight to let it completely dry out
before using it again.
• Don't turn off your notebook if a drive light indicates a drive is active. Turning
off your notebook while it is reading from or writing to a disk may damage the
disk, the drive, or both.
• Keep your notebook and disks away from objects that generate strong magnetic
fields, such as stereo speakers. Information on disks is stored magnetically.
Placing a magnet too close to a disk can erase important files.
• Scan all new files for viruses. This precaution is especially important for files
you receive via email, disk or download from the Internet. You will need a
special program to scan for viruses. For further information, talk to your
computer dealer.