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ACTIVITY # 4.2: Maintenance of Computer System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify procedures in maintaining network systems
REFERENCE: CHS Module Page 224-227
CONCEPT NOTE:

MAINTENANCE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Perhaps you have handpicked the finest computer with the selected fastest processor and graphic card and with a few
gigabytes of memory. So you thought to yourself that your machine is probably going to sustain you for the next five (5) years.
But little did you discover that some six months down the road, your computer is behaving like a Pentium 2 computer,
perpetually flustering you with its choppy images, frustrating pop-ups and tremendously slow disk access. Gradually, your
computer crashes and all your data is lost on one fine afternoon.
One thing you have probably missed out is the need for system maintenance. The basic routine maintenance comprises
of the 3 basic processes:
1. Data Backup
2. Malware Maintenance
3. Disk or File System Maintenance

Data Backup
Backing up basically means creating a redundant copy of a data so that in case anything happens to the original data,
you have a spare copy. This is typically a simple thing to do.
First, you must ask yourself why you should back up the data or system.
If you feel that you should backup your valuable data, then you should decide and select what are the data to be
backup. Depending on your needs, you may choose to back up your windows registry, or your Outlook Express mail data, or
even your windows security keys.
Windows operating system's friendly interface allows you to drag and drop computer files from one storage device to
another. And this can be as simple as copying a document file from your desktop into a thumb drive.
But when these files gradually occupies a lot of disk space, you may need to seek help from archiver utilities such as
WinZip which enables you to compact your files into a single compressed file. You can then break up this large file into several
pieces to be stored in several mediums such as a span of CD or DVD-Recordable.
WinZip also allows you to protect your file with encryption and a software password to prevent any unauthorized
access. There are a number of backup methods you could use.

EXERCISE:
1. There are two types of computer maintenance: hardware maintenance and software maintenance. Why should you
perform them? Give an explanation for the two types of maintenance.
2. Why should you backup your files?
3. Malware stands for malicious software. What do you think is a malware and why do you need to have malware
maintenance?
4. Give 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of data backup.