Chapter8.Preventingproblems
AnimportantpartofowningaLenovonotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,youcan
avoidcommonproblems.Thechapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputerrunning
smoothly.
•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage35
•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage35
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems
Thistopicprovidesgeneraltipsforyoutopreventproblemswhenusingyourcomputer.
1.Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdrivegetsfull,theoperating
systemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.
2.Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.
3.Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedprograms.
4.CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.
5.Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisrecommendedthatyouperforma
dailybackupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.CD-RWdrives
andCD-RW/DVDdrivesareavailableformostcomputersandcanbeinstalledeasily.
6.Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.
Note:Alwaystakeasystemsnapshotbeforeinstallingnewdrivers,updatingsoftware,orinstalling
newsoftware.
7.UpdatedevicedriversandtheBIOSprogramwhenneeded.
8.Profileyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand
revisions.
9.Keepuptodatefordevicedriversonothernon-Lenovohardware.Youmightwanttoreadthedevice
driverinformationreleasenotesbeforeupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.
10.Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minor
issuesyouhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.
11.Ifrequired,youcanfindyourcountry'sCustomerSupportCenterathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Note:WhencallingtheCustomerSupportCenter,ensurethatyouhaveyourmachinemodeltype,serial
number,andthecomputerinfrontofyou.Also,ifthecomputerisproducingerrorcodes,itishelpfulto
havetheerrorscreenonorthemessagewrittendown.
12.IfyouwanttogetthelatestsoftwaresourceforMicrosoftWindowsproductupdates,goto
http://www.microsoft.com.Lenovoprovidestechnicalassistancewithinstallationof,orquestions
relatedto,ServicePacksforyourLenovo-preinstalledWindowsproducts.
Takingcareofyourcomputer
Althoughyourcomputerisdesignedtofunctionreliablyinnormalworkenvironments,youneedtouse
commonsenseinhandlingit.Byfollowingtheseimportanttips,youwillgetthemostuseandenjoyment
outofyourcomputer.
Becarefulaboutwhereandhowyouwork
•Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.
•Storepackingmaterialssafelyoutofthereachofchildrentopreventtheriskofsuffocationfromplastic
bags.
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