HP OmniBook 5500 Notebook PC - Manual (Page 49)

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Set the password of the new OmniBook to match the current password on your
hard disk.
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.
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.
Caution
Back up your files periodically, especially before doing maintenance.
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
removing certain sets of OmniBook files. The files you can remove vary depending
on the operating system you selected.
1. Click Start, HP User Tools, Advanced.
2. Click the Uninstall button.
3. Select the set of files you want to remove from your OmniBook.
4. Click Uninstall to delete the selected files.
–or–
Click Cancel to close the dialog box without deleting files.