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Installing your old programs
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Installing your old programs 
You probably use some programs that did not come installed on your new 
computer, such as personal finance software, graphics programs, or games.
Spend some time going through your old computer’s Start
 and Programs menus, 
making note of any programs you want to install on your new computer. Locate 
your original program installation CDs and installation guides. Your original 
CDs and guides should contain any serial numbers...

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Chapter 9: Moving from Your Old Computer
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Maintaining Your
Computer
This chapter provides basic information about maintaining 
your computer hardware and software. Read this chapter 
to learn how to:
■Care for your computer
■Create an emergency startup diskette
■Protect your computer from viruses
■Manage hard drive space
■Back up files
■Clean your computer 

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Caring for your computer
To extend the life of your system:
■Be careful not to bump or drop your computer, and do not put any objects 
on top of it. The case, although strong, is not made to support extra weight.
■When transporting your computer, we recommend that you put it in the 
original packaging materials.
■Keep diskettes and your computer away from magnetic fields. Magnetic 
fields can erase data on both diskettes and hard drives.
■Avoid...

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Caring for your computer
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Maintenance task Immediately 
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Chapter 10: Maintaining Your Computer
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Creating an emergency startup 
diskette
An emergency startup diskette is a diskette that contains critical information that 
you need to start your computer if Windows fails to start. You should create a 
startup diskette as soon as you get your computer.
To create an emergency startup diskette in Windows XP:
1Insert a blank diskette labeled Startup into the diskette drive.
2Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens....

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Creating an emergency startup diskette
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4Click to select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box, then click Start. 
A message warns you that any information on the diskette will be erased.
5When you see the warning message, click OK. Windows copies files to the 
emergency startup diskette.
6When Windows finishes copying files, remove the diskette from the 
diskette drive.
7Slide the write-protect tab up to prevent the diskette from being erased or 
infected by viruses.
8Store your...

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Protecting your computer from 
viruses
A virus is a program that attaches itself to a file on a computer, then spreads 
from one computer to another. Viruses can damage data or cause your computer 
to malfunction. Some viruses go undetected for a period of time because they 
are activated on a certain date.
Protect your computer from a virus by:
■Using the Norton® AntiVirus program to check files and programs that are 
on diskettes, attached to...

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Protecting your computer from viruses
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To scan for viruses:
1Click Start, All Programs, Norton AntiVirus, then click Norton AntiVirus 2003. 
Norton AntiVirus opens.
2Click Scan for Viruses.
3Click the type of scan you want to make in the Scan for Viruses area, then 
under Actions, click 
Scan.
Scan for
viruses
Scan 

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To remove a virus:
1If Norton AntiVirus finds a virus, follow all on-screen instructions to 
remove the virus.
2Turn off your computer and leave it off for at least 30 seconds.
3Turn on your computer and rescan for the virus.
To update Norton AntiVirus:
1Make sure that you are connected to the Internet.
2Click Start, All Programs, Norton AntiVirus, then click LiveUpdate - Norton 
AntiVirus
. The LiveUpdate wizard opens.
3Follow the on-screen...
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