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- <task id="maintainstorage" xml:lang="en-us">
- <title>Maintaining your hard drive</title>
- <shortdesc>Here are a few tips for maintaining your hard drive.</shortdesc>
- <prolog>
- <metadata>
- <keywords>
- <indexterm>hard drive</indexterm>
- <indexterm>maintain</indexterm>
- </keywords>
- </metadata>
- </prolog>
- <taskbody>
- <context>There is really not much to do to maintain a hard drive. However, if you want to keep it running for the
- next 10 years or so, you should follow these suggestions.</context>
- <steps-unordered>
- <step>
- <cmd>If your drive has a low-power mode, make sure this comes on when your drive is sitting idle.</cmd>
- <stepresult>It will not get worn out as quickly if it is not needlessly spinning.</stepresult>
- </step>
- <step>
- <cmd>Every once in a while, shake your computer.</cmd>
- <info>This will cause the bits to fall more comfortably in to place.</info>
- </step>
- <step>
- <cmd>Run Scandisk on the drive at least once a day.</cmd>
- <info>This way you will ensure that problems with the drive are found quickly. If you share the drive with
- others, it will also ensure that they are less likely to use it, because it will be so busy all of the
- time.</info>
- </step>
- </steps-unordered>
- </taskbody>
- </task>
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