HP OmniBook - Manual (Page 38)

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Protecting Your Data
As you create or add information on your OmniBook, the need to make backup
copies of that information becomes more important. By making backup copies of key
files, you can reduce the chance of accidentally losing that data. You can back up
individual files to floppy disks using the Windows File Manager. For more elaborate
backup storage, you might need to obtain one of the many commercially available
software packages.
In this section you’ll learn how to
• Repair and clean up a disk.
• Delete a set of OmniBook files.
Caution
If you swap the hard disk drive in your OmniBook, carefully follow the steps in
the Installation and Setup Guide. In particular, make sure you shut down
Windows, unplug the ac adapter, and remove the battery from the OmniBook
before you remove the drive. Otherwise, data on the drive could be corrupted.
To repair and clean up a disk
After a period of use, the file structure on a disk may develop corrupted sections or
disjointed files, causing errors or slightly longer response time in some situations. If
you clean up the disk every few months or so, you can optimize your disk’s
operation.
• Use the disk-scanning and disk-defragmenting utilities provided by your
operating system.
Caution
Back up your files periodically, especially before doing maintenance.
For Windows 95, you can follow these steps:
1. Plug in the ac adapter.
2. Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter to
optimize the use of space on a disk.
3. Select the drive you want to defragment.
4. If Disk Defragmenter finds errors on the disk, you can click Start, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, ScanDisk to repair disk errors.
To delete a set of OmniBook files
If you need to make more disk space available on drive C, you have the option of
uninstalling certain sets of OmniBook files. The files you can delete depend on the
operating system.
• Run HP User Tools and click the Uninstall button on the Advanced tab.
Choose the sets of files you want to delete, or exit without deleting files.