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Introduction

There are things in life which we get careless with the more time we spend around them. A very common example is our laptops. If you are a university student or a working professional, it is highly likely that you either own a laptop already or are about to buy one. When you are a student at any university, much of your work must be saved on it. Your assignments, essays and papers all must be in one place, on your system. There are services wherein you can pay for an essay and get it done. But sadly, we cannot hire someone to clean our laptop for us.

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Step 1

              How to Take Care of Your Laptop So It Does not Break
  • Keep liquids and food away from your laptop. If liquid gets into the inside of it, it could make your perfectly running device a fire hazard or you could suffer a data loss due to the damage

Keep liquids and food away from your laptop. If liquid gets into the inside of it, it could make your perfectly running device a fire hazard or you could suffer a data loss due to the damage

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Step 2

  • Keep your laptop in a dust-free environment. You can get the outsides, and clean the body of the device, but you cannot open it up and dust it. Dust and particles might inside it and end up making it slower.

Keep your laptop in a dust-free environment. You can get the outsides, and clean the body of the device, but you cannot open it up and dust it. Dust and particles might inside it and end up making it slower.

Step 3

  • Do not touch your laptop with dirty or wet hands. If you have been eating or drinking something, unclean hands can cause an electrical failure in the circuit and damage your device.

Do not touch your laptop with dirty or wet hands. If you have been eating or drinking something, unclean hands can cause an electrical failure in the circuit and damage your device.

Step 4

  • Do not lift your device holding the screen. Always use the base to hold it up. This will definitely increase the life of your product.

Do not lift your device holding the screen. Always use the base to hold it up. This will definitely increase the life of your product.

Step 5

  • Be careful plugging in peripherals. Items you plug into the computer like USB drives or headphones or various adapters have ports into which they fit. Pay attention to the size and shape of connectors before inserting it into the respective port.

Be careful plugging in peripherals. Items you plug into the computer like USB drives or headphones or various adapters have ports into which they fit. Pay attention to the size and shape of connectors before inserting it into the respective port.

Step 6

  • Do place anything on top of your laptop. Even light things can push the screen into the keyboard and damage the screen.

Do place anything on top of your laptop. Even light things can push the screen into the keyboard and damage the screen.

Step 7

  • Shut down your laptop regularly. Sometimes laptops begin to run sluggishly after being constantly on for a few days. Turning off your device to allow your laptop’s hardware to reset and have a rest.

Shut down your laptop regularly. Sometimes laptops begin to run sluggishly after being constantly on for a few days. Turning off your device to allow your laptop’s hardware to reset and have a rest.

Step 8

  • Get a laptop case. A hard-shell case may prevent damage from minor falls or random bumps.

Get a laptop case. A hard-shell case may prevent damage from minor falls or random bumps.

Step 9

  • Take care of the battery. Battery life depends on how often you charge it. Consider keeping your laptop plugged all the time. Try not to use the better when possible.

Take care of the battery. Battery life depends on how often you charge it. Consider keeping your laptop plugged all the time. Try not to use the better when possible.

While these might seem like easy things to do, more often than not, we forget to do these. This is a lesson to learn. Besides hardware security, take care of software and know how to get rid of the malware. Make sure you are safe, follow these instructions to give your laptop a longer and healthier life.

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Tim (Lovety4) - Dec 18, 2022

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Thanks for the tips. in the area of battery, I don’t fully understand the point there. is it advised to unplug the device when full or keep it plug always? from my laptop manual, I read that I should unplug when not charging, how do I correlate this? Thanks

lisa carol - 11 hours agoJan 23, 2023

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Nowadays Laptop is basic necessity for everyone and their care is most important for the users rip yellowstone jacket . Thanks for sharing tips for keep save laptop from damages