Compaq 1400 Laptop User Manual


 
8-8 S
ERVICE
AND
S
UPPORT
P
RESARIO
N
OTEBOOK
B
EYOND
S
ETUP
G
UIDE
1400 S
ERIES
Defragmenting your Notebook
on a regular basis optimizes
the speed of your Notebook.
Deleting Stored Files
To free hard disk space, remove unused files stored on
y
our
hard disk b
y
completin
g
these steps.
1. Double-click the My Computer
G
icon on
y
our
Windows desktop.
2. Ri
g
ht-click the disk that
y
ou want to free space on.
3. Click Properties, then click Disk Cleanup on
the General tab.
4. Select the files
y
ou want to remove b
y
clickin
g
the
ad
j
acent check boxes.
5. Click OK to confirm
y
our request, and then click OK to
start the deletion process.
Defragmenting Your Hard Disk
The Disk Defra
g
menter utilit
y
rearran
g
es files and unused
space on
y
our hard disk so that pro
g
rams can run faster.
To defra
g
ment
y
our hard drive, complete the followin
g
steps:
1. Click Start, Programs, and then Accessories.
2. Click System Tools, then click Disk Defragmenter. A
dialo
g
box promptin
g
y
ou to select the drive
y
ou want to
defra
g
ment is displa
y
ed.
3. Select the drive
y
ou wish to defra
g
ment.
4. Click OK to be
g
in defra
g
mentin
g
y
our selected hard drive.
Caution:
Plug your Notebook into AC Power before
defragmenting the hard drive.
Caution:
Do not turn off the Notebook during the defragmentation
process.