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BootinUp

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9. Some basic steps that should help
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:24 PM
Oct 2024

1. Do a cold reset. This just means to shut it down, remove the power cord and the battery and press and hold the power button for a brief time 10 seconds. Then you can reinstall the battery and plug it in and restart it.

2. Get back into windows, find and open the control panel, power options, and set the computer to never sleep. (This is temporary to make sure the computer runs maintenance all the way through without shutting down).

3. From control panel again, open Security and Maintenance and find the button under Maintenance section to press and which manually starts the maintenance cycle. If you wish to keep an eye on system activity open the task manager to monitor it. You basically need to leave it alone to run the maintenance.

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