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MAINTENANCE OF COMPUTER

SYSTEM
1. Data Backup
2. Malware Maintenance
3. Disk or File System Maintenance
DATA BACKUP
• Backing up basically means creating
a redundant copy of a data so that in
case anything happens to the original
data, you have a spare copy.
MALWARE MAINTENANCE
• Malware refers to any kind of malicious codes,
objects or content that infiltrates your computer,
resulting in damage and causing your system to
act in an undesirable manner. Commonly, these
include viruses, spyware, worms, trojan horses,
spams and many more. When you are infected,
you can lose your privacy, confidential data and
access to your system when software and
hardware are damaged.
Preventive measures you can take to protect yourself from
malware.

• One thing you can do to scan the file for


any virus infection before you attempt to
open it. If the scan shows nothing, it is
probably a safe file. But then again, it
may be a new virus yet to be updated in
your virus scan. You can either wait and
apply the next virus signature update and
perform a second scan or risk it all and
open the file.
DISK MAINTENANCE
• Did anyone tell you that your hard disk is
a pretty tricky machine? When you first
installed your operating system, you may
be pleased to know how smooth and
efficient your software applications are
running. But gradually, it slows down and
this bothers you. What truly causes the
decline in performance?
• You may argue that your disk is just a
couple of months old. This has much to
do with the way you operate on your
system. Try to imagine a big tool bucket
filled with gadgets. Initially, the bucket
only contains a few spanners, a hammer
and some screws. So every time you
search for a particular item, it is relatively
easy to find.
• But soon as you keep filling the
bucket with all sorts of items and
especially when the amount of items
grows, you will discover that you may
need more time just to search for a
particular screw head. In such cases,
uninstall any unnecessary software
and defragment your disk.
Typically, your system performance
will decline when the amount of data
in your hard disk starts to grow.
Disk management tools:
• Fdisk - creates and deletes disk partitions.
• Format - prepares a hard drive prior to use.
• Scandisk or Chkdsk - checks for physical errors on the
disk surface.
• Defrag - optimizes use of space on a disk.
• Disk Cleanup - removes unused files.
• Disk Management - creates partitions and formats
disks (GUI interface).
• System File Checker (SFC) – scans the operating system
critical files.

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