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Preparing Maintenance Schedule
Computer is just a machine that needs regular updates and maintenance to perform at its best. It is important
to prepare a checklist with the tasks you should do daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly to keep your
computer functioning with full capacity for a longer period of time . We need to have a:
• Daily Maintenance
w Do not forget to charge your laptops every morning till the battery is fully charged.
w Clean up your email inbox by deleting junk mails or unwanted mails.
w Give the proper shut down command before going to bed at night.
w Arrange your files and folders on a daily basis.
w Download the important email attachments and save in proper folders.
w Keep your windows desktop clean by moving the important files in a required folder and deleting the unwanted
files. This has to be done at the end of the day before you shut down your computer.
w Keep a check of the updates received of the Operating System, Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware and apply as and when
available.
• Weekly Maintenance
w Clean your computer system. w Take the backup of your important data.
w Empty your Recycle bin. w Delete temporary files or junk files.
w Delete cookies.
• Monthly Maintenance
w Clean up ‘Download’ folder. w Uninstall unused programs and apps.
w Run disk-cleaner software. w Run full system virus scan.
• Yearly/Annual Maintenance
w Dust inside the computer. w Update your operating system.
w Check for expiry of anti-virus software and apply for renewal.
Creating a Backup of Your Data
Taking a backup is the process of creating a copy of the data somewhere so that it can be used if the system
crashes or hard drive failure occurs. You can take a backup on your computer,CD/DVD drives, and separate hard
disks. These days using a cloud storage service can help you keep a copy of all your information on a remote server.
The backup data can be used to recover the unexpected deleted file. This has become an important process these
days in most of the companies and organisations so that their business can continue to function smoothly and
their customers do not face problems.
Backup process can be done on a daily basis or weekly basis depending on how important the data is for the
organisation. There are multiple types of backup solutions and tools available on the market these days.
Increasing Computer Performance
With time lot of unnecessary files and data are added in your computer that occupies disk space thus affecting the
performance of the computer and it slows down. You can increase the performance of the computer by:
• Keeping your computer operating system, applications, browsers updated.
• Free of viruses, spywares and malwares by scanning the system on weekly or monthly basis and keeping the
software updated.
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