To Clean Up A Disk - HP OmniBook 800 User Manual

the disk. Many individual system files are also accessible on the Recovery
CD ROM.
The equipment you need are the OmniBook, its ac adapter, a floppy drive,
and a CD-ROM drive (preferably SCSI-type). You also need the Recovery
CD ROM and the Support Utility floppy disk. If you have a docking system,
you can leave the OmniBook docked during most of this procedure.
These steps will delete any software or files you may have installed or
created on your hard disk.
1. Plug in the ac adapter to the OmniBook.
2. Turn off the OmniBook. Set up and connect a SCSI-type CD-ROM drive
(HP part number F1196A) to the docking/SCSI port of the OmniBook or
to the SCSI port of the docking system. A direct SCSI connection to the
OmniBook requires an OmniBook-to-SCSI adapter cable, HP part
number F1182A. (Note that you can also use a CD-ROM drive with the
parallel or PC-card ports, if you follow the additional instructions given
in the README file in the root directory on the CD ROM.)
3. Turn on the CD-ROM drive and insert the Recovery CD-ROM —make
sure you use the correct CD-ROM.
4. Connect the floppy drive to the OmniBook. Insert the Support Utility
floppy disk into the floppy drive.
5. Turn on the OmniBook. Exit Windows, if possible, and restart the
computer from the floppy drive: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or press the
reset button. (Note: To restart from the floppy drive, the System
Configuration Utility must have System, Boot Devices set to FDD First.)
6. When you see a menu of startup options, select Reinstall All Original
Files. Follow the instructions and do not interrupt the file-transfer
process.
When the process finishes, your hard disk contains the original files. This
process can take an hour or more. If you'd like, you can then restore
selected files from a recent backup.

To 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. You can defragment a disk, and you can scan
a disk.
Caution
Back up your files periodically, especially before cleaning up a disk.
1. Plug in the ac adapter in case the battery is low.
2. To find or repair errors on a disk, click Start, Programs, Accessories,
System Tools, ScanDisk. Select the disk drive to scan.
3. To defragment a disk, click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools,
Disk Defragmenter.
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