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    things to do when u get ur brand new laptop

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by satellite, Jan 22, 2006.

  1. satellite

    satellite Notebook Consultant

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    what do u recommend to do;in the first run of the laptop and the first days of use?backing up?registering?what r ur opinions about the battery?share ur opinions here.tnx
     
    satellite, Jan 22, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I say remove the stickers first thing, then remove extra software you don't need.
     
    Brian, Jan 22, 2006
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  3. Cman

    Cman Notebook Consultant

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    Run down the battery completely and charge up to full and repeat a couple times to train the battery into knowing it's full capacity. Then maybe once a month or every 2 months do this once and your battery will live a happy life.

    I also organize all my folders for my programs so that my start window doesn't end up taking up the whole length of the screen.

    Tony
     
    Cman, Jan 22, 2006
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  4. thierictran

    thierictran Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the Tip. I will be sure to do that.
    What I do is look for the driver CD or get copies for the drivers. Complete format of the hardrives, partition a small piece for the OS, another partition for a backup OS, a big chunk for Installing, and the rest for data storage. I tend to tinker alot with the OS, so it's wise to have redundants when I need to do some actual work.
     
    thierictran, Jan 22, 2006
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Burn off a copy of the recovery discs if you don't get the discs.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 23, 2006
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    david04 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I fresh format with a clean xp, install necessary drivers then my usual programs - ewido, free version of avg, kerio firewall, peer gaurdian, middle_man/aim and maxthon. Then codecs and plugins such as flash and java.
     
    david04, Jan 23, 2006
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  7. danbrow

    danbrow Notebook Geek

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    Install Slackware Linux. No Windoze. Clean every spec of dust that lands on it for at least the first 3 days and then just do a good cleaning every week after that.
     
    danbrow, Jan 23, 2006
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