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Appendix
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Hard Drive
The hard drive is the main storage medium combining large storage capacity and
rapid data access.
The hard drive contains the operating system of the PC, other application programs
and backup files. These programs and files are pre-installed on your PC, so you
may note that some of the space on your hard drive is already taken.
The Windows operating system cannot use the full capacity of the hard drive, which
means that there will be a difference between the capacity that the BIOS displays
and what the operating system displays. The operating system of the PC, further
application programs and backup files are located on the hard drive and reduce its
total capacity.
The hard drive is addressed as drive C and D.
Note
Never turn off the PC while the busy indicator is lit since this may re-
sult in loss of data.
Usually your hard disc drive is divided into more partitions, but there can also be
some minor variations.
In your first partition (
Boot
), you will find your
operating system
,
application pro-
grams
and the
users’ documents and settings
.
The second partition (
Backup
), serves for data security and contains additional
drivers and tools.
The backup files are also found here (
D:\Recover
). They allow you to reset your PC
to its original factory-set configuration. (Refer to page 70.)
Important Directories
The most important directories pre-installed on your PC are shown below. These
directories may vary from what is shown her.
Caution!
Do not delete or modify these directories or their contents since data
could be lost or the functionality of the system could be at risk.
C:\
This is the main hard disc drive partition for your PC. It is where your pro-
gram files, settings, and documents are stored, as well as files necessary for
running Windows Vista™.
C:\Programs
As the name suggests, in this directory programs install the files belonging to
the application.
