1. Theme 2: Working smarter Topic 10: Keep your hard drive in good working order and making backups Chapter 1.3. Page 48 – 59 Looking after the hard drive and backing up your files

2. Looking after the hard drive

3. Recycle Bin Filled Empty

4. Activity 6 Page 48 Explore Recycle Bin

5. Removing unwanted files Temporary Internet files

6. Removing unwanted files Disk Cleanup Start; All Programs; Accessories; System Tools; Disk Cleanup

7. Removing unwanted files Defrag the hard drive Start; All Programs; Accessories; System Tools; Disk Defragmenter

8. Activity 7 Page 50 Try it yourself Defragmentation

9. Removing unwanted files Uninstalling software

10. Activity 8 Page 51 Try it yourself Install_Game\Setup.exe Double-click on the file name in Windows Explorer

11. Backup of files Start by removing any unnecessary files from the hard drive. Make copies of operating system and application software. Only backup files that have been modified since the last backup (it saves time). Flash disks are not reliable for backups.

12. Activity 9 Page 54 Checklist  I can....