Basic Use

The hard drive is very user friendly. To access files that are on the hard drive go to "My computer" from the start menu. and then double click on the hard drive icon. Most hard drives are labeled "C:". To save files on this drive click file, save as, my computer, C:(or other name of hard drive).

Preventive Maintenance

Disk Cleanup

Cleaning Up Temporary Files

Disk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmenter FAQ

Check  Hard Disk For Errors

Backing Up A Hard Drive

The easiest way to ensure that your files will be safe is to back up your hard drive. In addition there are several ways to do it. First, get an external hard drive and put all your files and programs on that. Second, back up your hard drive by burning a CD-R every week or month depending on how much is saved in that period of time. Third, USB Flash drives are now large enough and cheap enough to store large ammounts of files. Last, the internet is a very easy place to save data. Web pages, wikis and emails have large amounts of space where data can be uploaded and saved.