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Chapter8.Preventingproblems

AnimportantpartofowningaThinkPadnotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,youcan

avoidcommonproblems.Thechapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputerrunning

smoothly.

•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage101

•“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage102

•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage102

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems

CAUTION:

IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanmSATAsolid-statedrive,youarenot

recommendedtousethemSATAsolid-statedriveasabootabledevice.ThemSATAsolid-statedrive

isdesignedanddevelopedfor"cache"functionpurposeonly.IfyouusethemSATAsolid-statedrive

asabootabledevice,itsreliabilityisnotguaranteed.

1.Tochecktheharddiskdrivecapacity,clickStart➙ComputerontheWindows7operatingsystem.For

theWindows8operatingsystem,openWindowsExplorerandclickComputer.

2.Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.

3.Usediskdefragmenttoolregularlyonyourharddiskdrivetoimprovedataseekandreadtimes.

4.Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedprograms.

Note:Youalsomightwanttolookforapplicationprogramduplicationoroverlappingversions.

5.CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.

6.Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisagoodideatoperformadaily

backupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.Rewritableoptical

drivesareavailableformostmachinesandareeasilyinstalled.

7.Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.Formoreinformationabout

systemrestore,seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage53.

8.UpdatedevicedriversandUEFIBIOSwhenneeded.

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

revisions.

10.Ensuredevicedriversfornon-Lenovoperipheraldevicesarekeptuptodate.Youmightwanttoreadthe

devicedriverinformationreleasenotespriortoupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.

11.Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minor

issuesyouhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.

12.Ifyoueverneedtorunarecoveryonyourcomputertoreturnthepreloadontothemachine,the

followingtipsmighthelpalongtheway:

•Removeallexternaldevicessuchastheprinter,keyboard,andsoon.

•Makesurethatyourbatteryischargedandthatyouhavetheacpowerconnected.

•BootintoThinkPadSetupandloadthedefaultsettings.

•Restartthecomputerandstarttherecoveryoperation.

•Ifyourcomputerusesdiscsastherecoverymedia,donotremovethediscfromthedriveuntil

promptedtodoso.

13.Forsuspectedharddiskdriveissues,referto“Diagnosingproblems”onpage107toruna

diagnostictestofthedrivebeforeyoucalltheCustomerSupportCenter.Ifyourcomputerdoes

notstartup,downloadthelestocreateabootableself-testmediafromthefollowingWebsite:

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