Laptop Maintenance Disk Cleanup on a PC

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Laptop MaintenanceDisk Cleanup on a PC
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Focusing Questions

• What is a Disk Cleanup?
• What are temporary files?
• How does Disk Cleanup help a laptop operate
  better?
• Why should the screensaver be disabled?
• What are the steps to disable the screensaver?
• What are the steps to a Disk Cleanup?
• How can we assist others to independently utilize
  Disk Cleanup on their laptops?

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Instruction
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Framing The Session

• One of the common complaints that students have
  about their schools technology, many times it
  does not work.
• Due to heavy usage everyday, laptops will begin
  to breakdown.
• Today, we going to learn how to do a Disk Cleanup
  on laptops and share that information with other
  students.

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Teaching

• It is important that laptops are operating
  properly. The only way that can happen is that
  basic steps are taken to maintain these laptops.
  Today, we will learn how to do a Disk Cleanup on
  a laptop.
• Lets get started with vocabulary

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Teaching

• Vocabulary
• Disk Cleanup a procedure that is used to remove
  unneeded files that might slow down the computer.
• Temporary files these are files that are
  created by a variety of software to handle
  temporary data storage or help run programs.
• Now lets get started with disabling the
  screensaver to do our work.
• When the screensaver engages, it can sometimes
  interrupt a utility when it is working
  therefore, it is better to disable it.

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Disable the Screensaver

• Right click on the desktop
• Window will appear click on Properties.
• Click the Screensaver Tab
• Find Screensaver drop down window and Scroll .
• Click on None.
• Click OK
• You are now ready to service your computer.

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Disable the Screensaver

• Right click on the desktop
• Window will appear click on Properties
• Click the Screensaver Tab.
• Find Screensaver drop down window and Scroll .
• Click on None.
• Click OK
• You are now ready to service your computer.

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Disable the Screensaver

• Right click on the desktop
• Window will appear click on Properties
• Click the Screensaver Tab
• Find Screensaver drop down window and Scroll .
• Click on None.
• Click OK
• You are now ready to service your computer.

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Disable the Screensaver

• Right click on the desktop
• Window will appear click on Properties
• Click the Screensaver Tab
• Find Screensaver drop down window and Scroll .
• Click on None.
• Click OK
• You are now ready to service your computer.

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Disable the Screensaver

• Right click on the desktop
• Window will appear click on Properties
• Click the Screensaver Tab
• Find Screensaver drop down window and Scroll .
• Click on None.
• Click OK.
• You are now ready to service your computer.

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Disk Cleanup

• Disk Cleanup does exactly that. It cleans up the
  hard drive and removes all unnecessary files.
• You will find Disk Cleanup under System Tools in
  All Programs in the Start Menu.
• Click Start.

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Disk Cleanup

• Click All Programs
• Scroll to Accessories and click on Accessories
• Scroll to System Tools and click on System Tools
• Click on Disk Clean up

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Disk Cleanup

• Click All Programs
• Scroll to Accessories and click on Accessories
• Scroll to System Tools and click on System Tools
• Click on Disk Clean up

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Disk Cleanup

• Click All Programs
• Scroll to Accessories and click on Accessories
• Scroll to System Tools and click on System Tools
• Click on Disk Clean up

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Disk Cleanup

• Click All Programs
• Scroll to Accessories and click on Accessories
• Scroll to System Tools and click on System Tools
• Click on Disk Clean up

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Disk Cleanup

• The computer is now assessing how much space will
  be made by the disk cleanup.

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Disk Cleanup

• To get the maximum space cleaned out, check all
  boxes that have more than 0 KB.
• Click OK

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Disk Cleanup

• You will be asked if you want to delete those
  files
• Click Yes

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Disk Cleanup

• The cleanup now begins
• When it stops, you are finished.
• Be sure to enable your screensaver.

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Guided Practice

• Now that you have been shown the procedure, it is
  your turn to try it.
• Perform each step slowly.
• Think it through.

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Work Time
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Work Time

• Its time to try it on your own. You will pair
  up with a partner and for the next 30 minutes
  practice showing others how to do a Disk Cleanup
  on a laptop so they can do it independently.
• When the 30 minutes are up, we will come back
  together and discuss what you learned.

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Work Time

• Step 1 Students decide which partner will be
  the iSquader and the Student.
• Step 2 - The iSquader will ask the Student what
  they know about doing a Disk Cleanup on a
  computer.
• Step 3 - The iSquader will explain the vocabulary
  terms to the Student.
• Step 4 - The iSquader will explain to the Student
  the purpose of each of the procedures.
• Step 5 - The iSquader will walk the Student
  through each step of Disk Cleanup.
• Step 6 - When the activity is completed, the
  iSquader will have the Student review the steps
  of a Disk Cleanup again.
• Step 7 - Reverse Roles

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Share
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Share

• Now lets do a follow up to what we have learned
  today
• We learned how to do a Disk Cleanup.
• We learned the purpose of a Disk Cleanup.
• We learned what temporary files are.
• We learned how to disable a screensaver.
• We learned how to show others how to do a Disk
  cleanup.

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Share

• Lets Review
• What is a Disk Cleanup?
• What are temporary files?
• How does Disk Cleanup help a laptop operate
  better?
• Why should the screensaver be disabled?
• What are the steps to disable the screensaver?
• What are the steps to a Disk Cleanup?
• How can we assist others to independently do a
  Disk Cleanup?

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What is a Disk Cleanup?

• Answer A procedure that is used to remove
  unneeded files that might slow down the computer.

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What are temporary files?

• Answer These are files that are created by a
  variety of software to handle temporary data
  storage or help run programs.

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How does Disk Cleanup help a laptop operate
better?

• Answer By removing unneeded files will help
  allow the laptop to run at peak efficiency.

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Why should the screensaver be disabled?

• Answer When the screensaver goes engages, it
  can interrupt a utility when it is working.

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What are the steps to disable the screensaver?

• Answer
• Right click anywhere on the desktop and a window
  appear.
• Click on Properties
• Click on Screensaver
• Scroll to find None click on it
• Click OK

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What are the steps to do a Disk Cleanup?

• Answer
• Click Start
• Click All Programs
• Click Accessories
• Click System Tools
• Click Disk Cleanup
• A window will open asking which you wish to clean
  you want the C drive.
• Check all boxes to remove all excess files (you
  do not need to view files).
• Depending on the amount of files that need to be
  removed, will control the time that it takes to
  complete the process ( Normally expect approx. 5
  minutes)
• When completed click OK.

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How can we assist others to independently do a
Disk Cleanup?

• Share what worked for you and your partner.