Line Conditioners; Uninterruptible Power Supplies; Maintain And Manage Your Hard Drive; Hard Drive Maintenance Utility - Gateway 7210 System Manual

Line conditioners

A line conditioner protects the server from the small fluctuations in voltage
from an electrical supply. Most systems can handle this variation (or line noise)
without problems. However, some electrical sources include more line noise
than normal. Line noise can also be a problem if the server is located near,
or shares a circuit with, a device that causes electromagnetic interference, such
as a television or a motor.
Some surge suppressors and uninterruptible power supplies include simple
line-conditioning capabilities.

Uninterruptible power supplies

Use a standby uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect your computer
from data loss during a total power failure. A UPS uses a battery to keep your
computer running temporarily during a power failure and lets you save your
work and shut down your computer. You cannot run your computer for an
extended period of time while using only the UPS.

Maintain and manage your hard drive

Regular maintenance can keep your hard drive operating efficiently and good
file management can keep the server free of unwanted files while making
important files secure and easier to find.

Hard drive maintenance utility

If you are using the Windows NT operating system, you can help maintain
the performance of your hard drive by regularly using Check Disk.
Important
Using Check Disk in Windows NT
Bad sectors are parts of a hard drive or diskette that will not hold data. Check
Disk checks the hard drive for bad sectors or lost allocation units and lets you
fix them. A lost allocation unit is a group of sectors that has lost its place in
the table that the operating system uses to locate files.
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Managing the Server
For other operating systems, such as Windows 2000 or
Novell Netware, refer to the appropriate operating system
manual.