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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC

by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
March 2006
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
16h 7m
English
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Preventative Maintenance

The best way to deal with problems is to stop them from happening in the first place. That's where preventative maintenance comes in.

A good preventative maintenance program incorporates a comprehensive backup plan, measures to secure the system against malicious exploits, periodic hardware and software maintenance, and steps to maintain general system tidiness. The goals of preventative maintenance are to reduce the likelihood of hardware failures, extend the useful life of the system, minimize system crashes caused by outdated drivers and other software problems, secure the system against viruses and other malware, and prevent data loss.

The following sections outline a basic preventative maintenance program that you ...

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