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You can track the error-checking, back-ups and defragmentation of your
hard drive by opening the My Computer window, right-clicking on the C:
drive and selecting Properties. Click on the Tools tab to view the current
status of your hard drive. (Figure 2.6: Hard Drive Tools)
Note: This tracking will only work if you use the Windows 98 utilities to
perform these functions.
The Device Manager
While the Setup program (see Chapter Eight)
tells your computer what equipment it is run-
ning, the Windows 98 Device Manager tells the
operating system what equipment it is running.
It is a good idea to learn about the various com-
ponents of your system and how they operate.
You might find that there are capabilities of your
system that you had not anticipated. Or you
might need to know what hardware is in your
machine and to what standards it conforms in
order to know how well your system will work
with some new software you want to install.
Or you might want to add some additional
equipment to your system and will need to
know if its settings will conflict with those in
your WinBook XL2. Device Manager is the
place where you can learn this information
about your system. If you want to know more
information about these pieces of the comput-
er, you can click on the particular device in the
Device Manager and then click on Properties.
If there is a problem with the device, you will
Chapter 2: Basic Computing
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Figure 2.6: Hard Drive Tools