Examining And Repairing A Hard Drive; Protect Your Data From Viruses - Acomdata external E5 Serial ATA(SATA) User Manual

Examining and
Repairing a Hard Drive
There are a number of reasons why a hard drive may
become damaged or the data may become corrupted.
Regular examination of your disk with a quality disk
examination and repair utility is the best way to prevent
irreparable disk damage and avoid data loss.
There are several software packages available that offer
a suite of disk management utilities, including defrag-
mentation, optimization, repair, erased file recovery
and more. How often you should perform maintenance
operations depends on how much you use the drive.
Generally speaking, it's a good idea to examine a disk
for damage at least once a month.
Some maintenance and repair operations can take
quite some time, so it is wise to schedule these opera-
tions for those times when you don't need to use your
computer. The good news is that, for the most part, you
won't need to tend to the computer while the software
performs these operations.

Protect Your Data from Viruses

One of the greatest threats to your data comes from
viruses. These nasty-sounding creatures are insidious
programs created by malefactors. Some viruses are
designed to render your computer inoperable; others
will erase files. The worst part is you may not be aware
that your system has been infected until it's too late.
The most common way computers catch viruses is
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