Basic Computer
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Basic Computer Maintenance
• Clean and Cool
• Deleting Temporary Files
• Scandisk
How to run scandisk?
There are two ways:
Click on Start-Programs-
Accessories-
System Tools-Scandisk.
Click on Start-Run. In the Run field type scandisk,
press OK or press the Enter key.
• Backup Your Data
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efragment your Hard Drive
What is
Defragmentation?
• When you create and delete files and
applications on your computer the hard drive
will become fragmented.
• Data is split into chunks and stored in
different areas of the hard disk.
• frees up disk space and speeds up your
computer.
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How To Defrag Your
Harddrive?
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ow to Defrag Your Harddrive
NOTE:
•Stop using your computer while
you are defragmenting the drive.
•Stop all programs running
including your screen saver.
•Run this program overnight
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ow to Defrag Your Harddrive
Windows 95/98/98SE/Millennium
• Click on the Start button, then move to
the Programs, select Accessories, then
System Tools, and then click on the Disk
Defragmenter
• Select the drive you wish to defragment
(usually Drive c), click OK, and then click Yes.
Wait for the defragmentation tool to finish (this
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may take a long time).
ow to Defrag Your Harddrive
Windows 2000/XP
• Click Start, point to All Programs,
point to Accessories then System Tools,
and click Disk Defragmenter.
• Click the drive you want to defragment,
click the Defragment button and then wait
for
the defragmentation tool to finish
(this may take a long time).
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Hard Disk Error
Checking
Virus Checker
Uninstall Software
Clean Out Your Recycle Bin
Emptying the Recycle Bin
Emptying Your Deleted Email
Operating System Reinstall
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General Computer Tips
The Golden Rule: When all else fails, REBOOT
• Ctrl+Alt+Del (all at the same time).
A Close Program or Task Manager dialog
box
will appear.
• Select the task you want to end (or the ones
that say they are "not responding") and
select
End Task.
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• If this doesn’t work you can reboot the
machine, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del twice in
succession.
General Computer Tips
1 Unknown Emails
2 Unknown File Downloads
3 Incompatible Hardware and Software
4 Random Deletion of Files
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Windows Update
Starting Windows Update
MS Windows XP / 2000
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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Computer Viruses
What is a virus?
• a computer program designed to replicate
and spread on its own, preferably without a
user’s knowledge
How do viruses spread?
• Computer viruses spread whenever
infected diskettes or files are
exchanged.
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• Exchanging computer disks or
viewing email attachments.
Computer Viruses
ow can you protect yourself from viruses?
• Have an Updated Antivirus program
installed on your computer
•Regularly scan the computer for viruses (at
least once a week).
•Keep your virus definition files ,up to date
(at least once a month, more times if
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possible).
Computer Viruses
•Keep updated in regards to the latest
security patches for your operating
systems and applications
•Do not open email attachments that
are from people you don’t know
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FDISK
ow do I utilize FDISK?
The program that DOS supplies for setting
up hard disk partitions is called FDISK,
which is believed to? stand for "fixed disk",
an older term for hard disk. FDISK is used
only for DOS (FAT) partitioning, and allows
the user to perform the following functions:
Create Partitions Delete Partitions
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et Active Partition Display Partition Informatio
FDISK
• With just a few keystrokes,
FDISK can wipe out part or all of
your hard disk
• don't use FDISK unless you need
it
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Steps for partitioning a hard drive
using FDISK
1. If you're in Windows, open a DOS
window.
2. From the C:\ prompt, type "FDISK"
and press ENTER.
3. If you're changing the partitions
on an existing disk, choose
option 4 from the FDISK
menu to display existing partition
information.
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Steps for partitioning a hard drive
using FDISK
4. If all of the space on the drive is
already partitioned, you will
need to use FDISK menu option ( 3 )
to remove existing partitions
before creating new ones.
5. For a new drive from which you
will boot your PC, you must first
create a Primary DOS Partition.
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Steps for partitioning a hard drive
using FDISK
6. If you only want to have one partition
on the drive, type Y when prompted
to make one large partition. If making
multiple partitions, type N.
7. Enter the size for the partition if
you selected N in step 6.
8. To create an extended (non-
bootable) DOS partition, choose
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option 1 from the main FDISK menu,
then option 2 from the Create menu.
Steps for partitioning a hard drive
using FDISK
9. Press enter to use all remaining
available space for the partition.
10. Create logical drives on the extended
partition by entering the desired
size(s) in MB or percent of disk space.
11. Continue until all available space is
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assigned to logical drives.
Steps for partitioning a hard drive
using FDISK
12. If you will be booting from this disk,
choose option 2 from the FDISK Menu
and enter 1 to make the primary
DOS partition ACTIVE.
13. Press the ESC key to exit FDISK. If
running from Windows 9x, you
must manually reboot your PC at
this point. You must format all partitions
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before they can be used.
Partition Tips
1. If you are using a 16 bit OS (Windows
3.x or DOS), do not use the
maximum available size for your
Primary DOS Partition on a drive larger
than 2GB
2. Make a good backup of all of the data
on the drive. FDISK will destroy all
existing data on the drive.
3. There are utilities (e.g., Partition
Magic) that can re-partition existing
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drives without
or minimizing data loss.
destroying data
Format
NOTE:
In some earlier versions of DOS, the
drive designation letter was optional.
If you are using one of these
versions, you can format a diskette
or a FIXED DISK if you enter FORMAT
while working in that drive.
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Format Commands
/? Shows all format command
Example :
A:\
>format /?
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