Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide

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Table of Contents
Maintenance............................................................................................1
Creating Data Backup Discs ....................................................................................1
Creating System Recovery Discs ...............................................................................1
Removing Unused Programs.....................................................................................1
Running the Disk Cleanup Program...........................................................................2
Running Disk Cleanup manually ..........................................................................2
Scheduling Disk Cleanup to run automatically .......................................................2
Running the Disk Defragmenter Program....................................................................3
Checking for Hard Disk Drive Errors .........................................................................4
Understanding Hard Disk Drive Space ......................................................................4
Recommended Maintenance Schedule ......................................................................5
Troubleshooting Computer Problems ........................................................7
Audio ...................................................................................................................8
CD and DVD Drives................................................................................................9
Video..................................................................................................................10
Display (Monitor)..................................................................................................11
Hard Disk Drive....................................................................................................12
Hardware Installation............................................................................................12
Internet Access .....................................................................................................14
Keyboard and Mouse ...........................................................................................16
Power .................................................................................................................17
Performance ........................................................................................................18
Miscellaneous ......................................................................................................20