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Managing Your System
Hard drive management practices
By deleting unneeded files from your hard drive and managing the space that
is automatically allocated for saving certain files, you can help maintain the
performance of the hard drive. We suggest that you first check your hard drive
for available space, then back up important files prior to deleting unneeded
files, in case you delete important files by mistake.
Checking hard drive space
In Windows 2000 Server, you can see a chart of the available hard drive space.
If you are using another operating system, refer to your software
documentation for available hard drive management utilities.
To check hard drive space:
1
Double-click the
My Computer
icon on the desktop. The My Computer
window opens.
2
Right-click the drive you want to check.
3
Select
Properties
. The drive’s properties window opens. The
General
tab
shows you the available and used space on the drive.
Backing up files
Regularly backing up your files protects you from losing data and lets you
keep fewer files on your hard drive. Back up old files to a large capacity disk
drive or tape drive and delete the files from your hard drive. You can use the
software that came with your tape backup drive or your large capacity disk
drive to back up the files.
You can also back up files by running the backup utility that came with your
operating system.
To run Backup in Windows 2000 Server:
1 Double-click the
My Computer
icon. The My Computer window opens.
2 Right-click the drive you want to check.
3 Select
Properties
. The drive’s properties window opens.
4 Click the
Tools
tab.
5 In
Backup,
click
Backup Now
. The Backup window opens.
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