November 2022
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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Eleventh Edition (Exams 220-1101 & 220-1102), 11th Edition
by Mike Meyers
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CHAPTER 14
Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems
In this chapter, you will learn how to
• Perform operating system maintenance tasks
• Optimize operating systems
• Prepare for problems
Every computer running a modern operating system (OS) requires both occasional optimization to keep the system running snappily and ongoing maintenance to make sure nothing goes wrong. The people who develop Windows, macOS, and the many Linux distros use decades of experience with operating systems to find ways to make the tasks of maintaining and optimizing surprisingly easy and automatic, but there’s still plenty to know about how to keep things humming along.
This chapter covers maintenance and optimization, so let’s make sure you know what these ...