Lenovo IdeaPad S10 User Manual

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Use

disk

defragment

tool

regularly

on

your

hard

disk

drive

to

improve

data

seek

and

read

times.

v

To

free

up

disk

space,

uninstall

unused

application

programs.

Note:

You

might

also

want

to

look

for

application

program

duplication

or

overlapping

versions.

v

Clean

out

your

Inbox,

Sent,

and

Trash

folders

from

your

e-mail

client

program.

v

At

least

once

a

week,

make

a

point

to

back

up

your

data.

If

critical

data

is

present,

it

is

a

good

idea

to

perform

a

daily

backup.

Lenovo

has

many

backup

options

available

for

your

computer.

CD-RW

drives

and

CD-RW/DVD

drives

are

available

for

most

computers

and

are

easily

installed.

v

Use

or

schedule

System

Restore

to

take

a

system

snapshot

periodically.

Note:

Always

take

a

system

snapshot

before

installing

new

drivers,

updating

software,

or

installing

new

software.

v

Update

device

drivers

and

BIOS

when

needed.

v

Profile

your

machine

at

http://www.lenovo.com/support

to

keep

up

to

date

with

current

drivers

and

revisions.

v

Keep

up

to

date

on

device

drivers

on

other

non-Lenovo

hardware.

You

might

want

to

read

the

device

driver

information

release

notes

prior

to

updating

for

compatibility

or

known

issues.

v

Keep

a

log

book.

Entries

might

include

major

hardware

or

software

changes,

driver

updates,

minor

issues

you

have

experienced

and

how

you

resolved

them.

v

If

you

ever

need

to

run

a

recovery

operation

on

your

computer

to

return

the

contents

of

the

hard

disk

to

the

factory-installed

state,

the

following

tips

might

help

along

the

way:

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Lenovo

IdeaPad

S10

User

Guide

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