Gateway LT 1000, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Maintaining Your computer www.gateway.com
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Deleting unnecessary files
Help and Support
For more information about keeping the
hard drive space free of unnecessary
files, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword
disk
cleanup
in the Search box, then click
the arrow.
Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary Windows files, to free hard drive
space.
To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program:
1
Click Start , then click My Computer . The My Computer window opens.
2
Right-click the hard drive that you want to delete files from, for example
Local Disk (C:), then click
Properties . The Properties dialog box opens at
the General tab.
3
Click Disk Cleanup . The Disk Cleanup dialog box opens.
4
Make sure that the check box beside each file type you want to delete is
selected. For more information about file types you can delete, read the
descriptions in the
Disk Cleanup dialog box.
5
Click OK , then click Yes .
Checking the hard drive for errors
Help and Support
For more information about checking
the hard drive for errors, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type the
keyword
checking for disk errors
in
the Search box, then click the arrow.
The Error-checking program examines the hard drive for physical flaws and file
and folder problems. This program corrects file and folder problems and marks
flawed areas on the hard drive so Windows does not use them.
If you use your computer several hours every day, you probably want to run
Error-checking once a week. If you use your computer less frequently, once a
month may be adequate. Also use Error-checking if you encounter hard drive
problems.