Regular maintenance such as cleaning, decluttering, and defragmenting a computer can help prevent performance issues. Cable management is important to avoid hardware problems. Basic cleaning of keyboards, mice, and printers a few times a year or as needed can reduce issues. Minor upgrades like additional memory or an ergonomic keyboard can also improve the user experience over time.

1. By: Donald Holyfield

2.  Performance of a hard disk starts to slow.
 Printer problems start to occur.
 Keyboard and mouse start not to work
properly.
 To keep these problems from occurring invest
in Cable management.

3.  To keep computer repair down try doing a
little bit of preventative maintenance.
 Also clean your computer every 3 to 6 months.
 Depending on the environment you may need
to clean it more or less.

4.  All computers will slow down the more you
install uninstall and perform normal activities.
 With Microsoft's Windows you a set of utilities
that perform special functions.
 The utilities will defragment hard
drives, delete temporary files, empty the
Recycle Bin and remove cookies.

5.  Check your mouse and keyboard every once in
a while.
 If you don’t food and other small particles can
cause these devices not to work.
 I recommend using compressed air to clean the
mouse and keyboard.

6.  With inkjet printers you should check to see if
small amounts of dry ink are on the printer
head.
 With laser printers you should clean them
when print quality deteriorates or whenever
you change the toner cartridge.

7.  After awhile you may need to upgrade your
computer like adding memory.
 Also upgrade the keyboard by investing in a
ergonomic keyboard.
 With these upgrades you will be more
comfortable and your computer will run better.

8.  This happens when a piece of data is broken up
into many pieces that are not stored close
together.
 This will keep happening until you delete some
files and add new ones.

9.  The Recycle Bin is a holding area for files and
folders before their final deletions.
 In the Recycle Bin their would be files that can
be deleted from the hard disk.
 Whether accidentally or intentionally after you
delete a file from your Recycle Bin you cannot
restore it.

10.  Cable Management- A technique or kit that gathers cables together and stores them so they
are not a hazard.
 Corona Wires- Wire used to generate a field of positive charges on the surfaces of the drum and
the paper.
 Defragmentation- A utility that reduces the amount of fragmentation by physically organizing
the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file contiguously.
 Ergonomic Keyboard- A keyboard that allows for a more natural positioning of your arms
and hands.
 Fragmentation- Files that are not stored in contiguous clusters, but rather are divided into
subparts and stored in different disk locations, it takes longer for a disk drive to access fragmented
files than un fragmented files.
 Maintenance- Task you perform to keep equipment in working order.
 Recycle Bin- A holding area for files and folders before their final deletion from a storage device.
 Sectors- Divisions on a magnetic media used for storing digital information.
 Seek Time- The time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track; one of delays
associated with reading or writing data on a computer disk drive.
 Touchpad- A pointing device you can use instead of a mouse.
 Wireless Keyboard- A keyboard that uses radio or infrared frequencies to connect to a
computer rather than a cable.