Lenovo Yoga 11e User's Guide Page 89

  • Download
  • Add to my manuals
  • Print
  • Page
    / 162
  • Table of contents
  • BOOKMARKS
  • Rated. / 5. Based on customer reviews
Page view 88
Chapter6.Preventingproblems
AnimportantpartofowningaThinkPadnotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,you
canavoidcommonproblems.Thischapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputer
runningsmoothly.
“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage73
“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage74
“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage75
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems
Thistopicprovidesthefollowingtipstohelpyoupreventcomputingproblems:
Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrivegetstoofull,theWindowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.
Tochecktheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivecapacity,dothefollowing:
Windows7:ClickStartComputer.
Windows8.1:OpentheFileExplorerandclickComputer.
Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.
Usediskdefragmenttoolregularlyonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivetoimprovedataseek
andreadtimes.
Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedapplicationprograms.
Note:Youalsomightwanttolookforprogramduplicationoroverlappingversions.
CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.
Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisagoodideatoperformadaily
backupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.Rewritableoptical
drivesareavailableformostmachinesandareeasilyinstalled.
Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.Formoreinformationabout
systemrestore,seeChapter8“Recoveryinformation”onpage95.
UpdatedevicedriversandtheUEFIBIOSwhenneeded.
Profileyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand
revisions.
Keepuptodatefordevicedriversonothernon-Lenovohardware.Youmightwanttoreadthedevice
driverinformationreleasenotespriortoupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.
Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minorissues
youhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.
Ifyoueverneedtorunarecoveryonyourcomputertoreturnthepreinstalledcontentsontothemachine,
thefollowingtipsmighthelpalongtheway:
Removeallexternaldevicessuchastheprinter,keyboard,andsoon.
Makesurethatyourbatteryischargedandyourcomputerhastheacpowerconnected.
AccessThinkPadSetupandloadthedefaultsettings.
Restartthecomputerandstarttherecoveryoperation.
Ifyourcomputerusesdiscsastherecoverymedia,donotremovethediscfromthedriveuntil
promptedtodoso.
©CopyrightLenovo2014
73
Page view 88
1 2 ... 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 ... 161 162

Comments to this Manuals

No comments