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Adding or replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the system battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 6: Maintaining Your Computer . . . . . 81
Setting up a maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Caring for your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cleaning the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cleaning the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning optical discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Updating Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using BigFix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Managing hard drive space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Checking hard drive space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Deleting unnecessary files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Checking the hard drive for errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Defragmenting the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Backing up files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Scheduling maintenance tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Moving from your old computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Transferring files and settings automatically . . . . . . . . . . 95
Transferring files and settings manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Try these steps first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Internet and networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Modem (cable or DSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Modem (dial-up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
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Page 1: ...REFERENCE GUIDE 8513162 book Page a Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8513162 book Page 4 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
Page 18: ...CHAPTER 2 Checking Out Your Computer 12 8513162 book Page 12 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
Page 86: ...CHAPTER 5 Upgrading Your Computer 80 8513162 book Page 80 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
Page 104: ...CHAPTER 6 Maintaining Your Computer 98 8513162 book Page 98 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
Page 142: ...APPENDIX A Legal Notices 136 8513162 book Page 136 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
Page 152: ...146 Index 8513162 book Page 146 Tuesday May 20 2008 4 09 PM...
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