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Rebuild your desktop regularly – Apple Power Macintosh 8100 Series User Manual

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Rebuild your desktop regularly

A process known as “rebuilding the desktop” helps your Macintosh keep
track of data on your startup disks. Although you usually use the hard disk in
your computer as a startup disk, you can also start up from any other disk that
has system software installed. It’s a good idea to rebuild the desktop of your
startup disks once a month or so.

To rebuild the desktop of a startup disk, follow these steps:

1

Hold down the Option and

x

keys while you start up your computer.

Do not release the keys until you see a message asking whether you want to
rebuild the desktop.

2

Click OK.

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