User Guide - Zhaoyang K4350

Chapter6.Preventingproblems

AnimportantpartofowningaLenovonotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,youcan

avoidcommonproblems.Thechapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputerrunning

smoothly.

•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage27

•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage27

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems

Thistopicprovidesgeneraltipsforyoutopreventproblemswhenusingyourcomputer.

1.Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdrivegetsfull,theoperating

systemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.

2.Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.

3.Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedprograms.

4.CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.

5.Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisrecommendedthatyouperforma

dailybackupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.CD-RWdrives

andCD-RW/DVDdrivesareavailableformostcomputersandcanbeinstalledeasily.

6.Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.

Note:Alwaystakeasystemsnapshotbeforeinstallingnewdrivers,updatingsoftware,orinstalling

newsoftware.

7.UpdatedevicedriversandtheBIOSwhenneeded.

8.Proleyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand

revisions.

9.Keepuptodatefordevicedriversonothernon-Lenovohardware.Youmightwanttoreadthedevice

driverinformationreleasenotesbeforeupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.

10.Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minor

issuesyouhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.

11.Ifrequired,youcanndyourcountry'sCustomerSupportCenterathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

Note:WhencallingtheCustomerSupportCenter,ensurethatyouhaveyourmachinemodeltype,serial

number,andthecomputerinfrontofyou.Also,ifthecomputerisproducingerrorcodes,itishelpfulto

havetheerrorscreenonorthemessagewrittendown.

12.IfyouwanttogetthelatestsoftwaresourceforMicrosoft

Windowsproductupdates,goto

http://www.microsoft.com.Lenovoprovidestechnicalassistancewithinstallationof,orquestions

relatedto,ServicePacksforyourLenovo-preinstalledWindowsproducts.

Takingcareofyourcomputer

Althoughyourcomputerisdesignedtofunctionreliablyinnormalworkenvironments,youneedtouse

commonsenseinhandlingit.Byfollowingtheseimportanttips,youwillgetthemostuseandenjoyment

outofyourcomputer.

Becarefulaboutwhereandhowyouwork

•Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.

•Storepackingmaterialssafelyoutofthereachofchildrentopreventtheriskofsuffocationfromplastic

bags.