Maintenance For Laptop

Clean
Since your laptop is an expensive gadget (despite falling prices), be extremely careful while cleaning the screen. Make sure the fabric is very soft, and has no imprints or monograms on it, since they may scratch the screen. Also make sure that the fabric is free of lint, rather than leaving fibers on the screen, and make clear the screen. Make sure you do not spray any cleaner directly on the screen. Instead, spray on the cleaning cloth, and allow the fabric to trap dirt and contaminants.
Choose Spray
The screen is the most expensive component of your laptop. Adequate care must be taken when selecting cleaning spray. Duras aerosols could turn on the display of yellow, and can even cause cracks. Use water or vinegar to clean the screen.
Put the laptop
Hard drives work on the property of magnetic flux, so any electric field can damage the hard disk and the data on it. Make sure your laptop is at least 13 cm away from any electrical appliance that generates a strong magnetic field, such as a microwave oven.
Give him a breather
If you just turn off the laptop, give it 30 seconds before starting again. This ensures that the hard disk has spun down, and is not subject to sudden change and outside.
Backing up data
Always back up your data. Laptops are mobile devices, and are susceptible to breakage. Moreover, it is possible that the hard disk simply hangs. Remember, you can not back up too often.
Laptop Battery care
The nightmare of most laptop users is the lack of a really long battery life. There are three main types of laptop batteries:

Nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd)
Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
Lithium Ion (Li-ion).
Nickel-cadmium



This type of battery must be completely unloaded, and then fully recharged every few weeks. If not, you will quickly lose battery life because of what is known as the "memory effect".

The memory effect means that if you do not follow the above procedure, the battery is charged only up to the percentage of the last charge. For example, if the discharge to 30 percent, just load up the remaining 70 percent. Do this repeatedly, and 30 percent will become unusable, giving it 70 percent effective against even though the indicator still show a 100 per cent charge each time you load.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Ni-MH batteries are similar to those of Ni-Cd, although they are less susceptible to the effects of memory. They also have a greater capacity.

Lithium Ion

These are the latest type of battery, and had no real problems with respect to the memory effect is concerned. The problem with these is that they lose their effectiveness if too much or left for a long time with a full load. Always perform these batteries are going to be storing away.
Keep your battery Sano
Before first use, battery charging for 12 hours or the minimum charge time, as mentioned in the manual.
For daily use, charge the battery capacity, and then run the laptop on battery power until it is completely exhausted (for Ni-Cd or Ni-MH battery, this prevents the memory effect) or nearly exhausted. (For Li-ion batteries, it can help prevent overloading).
Do not let the battery unused for long periods of time. Even if the use of AC power for most of the time, the use of the battery regularly to keep in good condition. Disconnect the AC adapter when the laptop is not in use. This prevents overcharging.
To prolong battery life, you can try to decrease the brightness of the LCD, while through his notebook. You can turn mode "and" hibernation "powersaving ways, too, for a better battery life.
Battery storage
If you do not use your laptop for long periods of time-a week or more remove the battery from the notebook, but only after the performance of a whole.
Batteries should be stored in a cool, dry place, away from heat, moisture and dust and metal objects.
Using a laptop case
It is advisable to spend a couple of thousand rupees and get a solid Carry-its laptop.The case to case should ideally be difficult from the outside and soft within, without ceasing to be a comfortable fit. Must be able to absorb shocks and keep your laptop accessories.
Keep out Eatables
Obviously, not eating and drinking near or around your laptop. The least bit of water could short-circuit some sensitive portable circuits, and make it useless.
Without boot
You may sometimes be tempted to turn your laptop off simply by pressing the power button until it powers down. Although fast, this method is harmful to the laptop and could cause data loss.A difficult to restart only to be used as a last resort. Sometimes this is inevitable, for example, when Windows crashes. However, this should not be a regular practice.
General Tips
Shortcuts to success
Create shortcuts to your most commonly used applications, folders and files on the desktop. In this way, you can access them quickly. If you like your desk free of clutter, you can also create toolbars in Windows XP.To this, right-click on the taskbar in Windows, go to Toolbars' ` 'and click New bar tools. "Next, select the drive or folder you want to use to access the toolbar. You can create different toolbars for different units and folders.This is expecially helpful for sales executives who want easy access to the presentations, programs and other information they use on a daily basis.

Clean up trash
Uninstall applications that do not use. In addition to save disk space, you also prevent your notebook slowdown down.Be resource-conserving backups of the operating system, drivers and applications commonly used in a secondary partition so that you can do to reinstall some of his own face if the issues when traveling. Bring driver CDs and recovery disks.
Security notebook
Do not be a jerk
Do not bring your laptop to hitches and shaking. This will help prevent damage to your hard drive.Preferably, power off the notebook before moving from one place to another.

Dusty laptop does not impress
Protect your laptop from dust. Ensure the vents are clean to allow good air circulation.

Drinks and laptop-A no no
Do not place containers full of beverages (hot or cold) near his notebook in order to avoid accidental spills.

Tips for saving energy
That can be managed by the advantages
Set the device to turn off the LCD screen, hard drive and after fixed intervals of time.