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PC MAINTENANCEPC MAINTENANCE

• Regular Internal Maintenance
• ScanDisk/CHKDSK
• Open “My Computer”
• Right click on the drive to be checked
• In the pop-up menu, choose “Properties”

• ScanDisk/CHKDSK
• In the Hard Disk Drive Properties Dialog Box, choose the
“Tools” tab
• Click the “Check now…” button

• ScanDisk/CHKDSK
• Check the “Automatically fix file system errors” check box
• To perform a quick check, uncheck the “Scan for and
attempt recovery of bad sectors” checkbox. Checking this
will perform a longer but more thorough disk check

• ScanDisk/CHKDSK
• Click “Start”
• If the disk to be checked is the primary or boot drive,
Windows will not allow the disk check but will schedule it
after the next restart. Restart Windows to begin the disk
check.

• Defrag
“Tools” tab
• Click the “Defragment now…” button

• Defrag
• Select the drive to be defragmented
• Drives with less than 10% fragmentation need not be
defragmented
• Click “Analyze disk”

• Back-Up
“Tools” tab
• Click the “Back-up now…” button

• Back-Up
• Select the destination drive (that is, where Windows will
save the back-up files. Choose a different physical drive
than the one being
backed-up
• Select the files and
folders to be backed-up
• Start the back-up

• Updating Windows
• From the Start Menu, search for and start “Windows
Update”

• Available updates will be shown; if there are none, click
“Check for updates” link to refresh the list
• To see the updates that will be installed, click the “…
important updates available” link; or else click the “Install
updates” button to start downloading the updates already

• Select the updates to be installed if not already selected,
then click “OK”. This will bring you back to the previous
screen; click the “Install updates” button from there to
begin downloading the updates

• The updates will download and install automatically.
Some updates require restarting Windows to complete
installation; in cases like these, just follow the onscreen
instructions

• Virus Scan
• Open the antivirus program’s user interface. The antivirus
loads at startup and then runs in the background, hence its
icon should be in the System Tray. Double click its icon on
the System Tray, or you can use the Start Menu

• Virus Scan
• Ensure the virus definition files are up-to-date by updating
them from the internet

• Virus Scan
• Click the “Scan Computer” button to start the scan

• Maintaining the SystemRegistry
• Open Registry Mechanic from the Start Menu
• To clean and repair the Registry, click “Clean Your
Registry” button

• Registry Mechanic will start scanning the System Registry
for errors

• Click the “Repair” button to repair the Registry

• To defragment the Registry, click “Defragment Your
Registry” button

• Check the “Create System Restore Point” to create restore
point (slower but safer), or leave unchecked (faster but
slightly riskier), then click “Yes” to start defragmentation

• Registry Mechanic will analyze the Registry, then display
its findings. There is no need to compact the Registry if
fragmentation is less than 5%. Click “Compact Now” to
Defragment, or “Cancel” to return to previous screen

• To clean the hard disk of unnecessary, click “Clean Your
Disks” button

• Click the “Clean” button to start cleaning files

• Click the “Refresh” button then the “Close” button to return
to the main screen

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