Maintaining Your Hard Disk(S); Password Protection - HP Brio 8500 User Manual

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Protecting Your Data
To learn about computer viruses, and how to erase them, see the Protect Your
Data window and Task Helper.

Maintaining Your Hard Disk(s)

Things generally tend to work better and last longer when properly cared for.
This is equally true for your computer's hard disk(s).
Your HP Brio PC will perform better if you maintain its hard disk(s) and the
files stored on them. Ideally, this maintenance work should be carried out on a
regular basis.
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Scan your hard disk for errors — your HP Brio PC comes with a fully featured
disk analysis and repair tool that will help you check the integrity of disks,
check folders and file system for damage, and repair both disks and file
system, if necessary.
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Optimize your hard disk's performance — as programs are continually
reading or writing to the hard disk, fragmentation eventually occurs, meaning
that files are stored in random parts of the hard disk. Although fragmentation
does not have any effect on the files themselves, the computer does take
longer to access them. When you optimize the hard disk, you defragment
data, thereby consolidating files and improving your hard disk's access time.
To learn about maintaining hard disks, and how to optimize or scan a disk, see
Maintain Hard Disk(s) in the Protect Your Data window.

Password Protection

Why not protect your HP Brio PC by setting a password on your screensaver.
So, even when you leave your HP Brio PC unattended, you are sure that your
work is secure.
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