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LESSON 4: HOW TO

MAINTAIN A PERSONALCOMPUTER

Unit I Essential Introduction to Computers

Prepared by:MARLON L. LALAGUNAalon519@yahoo.com

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Maintaining a Personal Computer Even with the most sophisticated hardware

and software, you will need to do some typeof maintenance to keep everything working

properly. You can simplify and minimize the

maintenance by following the stepsgiven inthis presentation.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer1. Start a notebook that includes information

on your computer.

o Keep a notebook that provide a single source

of information about your entire computer, bothhardware and software.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer2. Before you work inside your computer, turn

off the power and disconnect the

equipment from the power source

o Working inside your computer with the poweron can affect both you and the computeradversely.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer3. Keep the area surrounding your computer

dirt and dust free

o Reducing the dirt and dust around your

computer will reduce the need to clean theinside of your computer.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer4. Back up important files and data

o Use the operating system and utility program tocreate an emergency or rescue disk to help you

restart your computer if it crashes.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer5. Protect your computer from viruses

o Virus programs are dangerous because oftenthey destroy or corrupt data stored on the

computer.

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Maintaining a Personal Computer6. Keep your computer tuned

o Most operating systems include severalcomputer tools that provide basic maintenance

functions.o Disk defragmenter

Defragmenting your hard disk reorganizesfiles so that they are contiguous clusters,

making disk operations faster.

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