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Defragment your hard disk drive for peak performance:
Files and applications are stored on your hard drive in units. These units may be scattered on different locations on the hard drive causing your computer to work harder to retrieve them. Running Disk Defragmenter puts all of these files and applications into contiguous groups allowing the computer [...]

If you’re running Windows XP, then you don’t have to go out and buy expensive CD–recording software. The new operating system from Microsoft features built–in CD burning. When you want to burn a CD using Windows XP:
• Insert a blank CD–R or CD–RW in your CD drive. You must have a CD–R (writable) or CD–RW [...]

Keep your computer and diskettes away from any magnetized objects. Phones, copiers, stereo equipment or devices with motors generate a magnetic field that may damage your data.
• Keep your system away from heating and air conditioning vents, radiators, and open windows. This will prevent temperature fluctuations in your system hardware and reduce airborne particles like [...]