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Maintaining Your Hard Disk
Losing your data has the same consequences as a system break down. Users must make it a habit of
doing hard disk maintenance every week or so. Here is some maintenance you could do:
Always backup your data files from your hard disk.
Install the virus detecting program to monitor virus that could tamper your files.
Use SCANDISK once in a while to correct any errors found in the directory and File Allocation Table.
This will also free up space from any unused sectors.
Never move or raise the computer while the hard disk is being accessed, most especially don’t jar the
hard disk as this may cause a hard disk crash.
Use hard disk maintenance programs like Disk Defragmenter of Windows. These reorganize your hard
disk by eliminating fragmentation and improving your hard disk access time.
Install a system password in your computer so others won’t be able to use the hard disk.
Note: About maintaining data in your hard disk, please refer to Appendix II “Using the Express
Recovery Utility”.