Post by eddie on Aug 7, 2006 0:30:04 GMT -5
Defragmenter
Means to (defrag). In time installing and deleting files can cause other files on the hard drive to become fragmented parts of files scattered on different areas of the hard drive. This is a program within windows that will take all the files that are scattered through out the hard drive and group them back together. This saves times when opening files because the program does not have to search different areas of the hard drive, so it performs much faster.
To start defrag close all programs that are open, and shut all active programs running in the background. To do this use the three finger salute (CTRL+ALT+DELEATE) a box will appear. Close down all programs in the box except for Explorer. Do this one program at a time. You may do the three finger salute once for each program to close.
Another way of shutting down programs running in the background is to right click on each of the programs in the system tray that is located at the bottom right of your screen by the clock. Delete or suspend all except for the clock or sound speaker icon.
Now that all programs are not running in the background we should have a successful defrag without any program interruptions.
Double click on My Computer, right click on drive C, click on properties, click on tools , then click on Defragment Now. Do not use the computer while defragging the hard drive.
To check the condition of the hard drive you may first run scan disk before defrag. That is just above the defrag button called Error-checking.
Means to (defrag). In time installing and deleting files can cause other files on the hard drive to become fragmented parts of files scattered on different areas of the hard drive. This is a program within windows that will take all the files that are scattered through out the hard drive and group them back together. This saves times when opening files because the program does not have to search different areas of the hard drive, so it performs much faster.
To start defrag close all programs that are open, and shut all active programs running in the background. To do this use the three finger salute (CTRL+ALT+DELEATE) a box will appear. Close down all programs in the box except for Explorer. Do this one program at a time. You may do the three finger salute once for each program to close.
Another way of shutting down programs running in the background is to right click on each of the programs in the system tray that is located at the bottom right of your screen by the clock. Delete or suspend all except for the clock or sound speaker icon.
Now that all programs are not running in the background we should have a successful defrag without any program interruptions.
Double click on My Computer, right click on drive C, click on properties, click on tools , then click on Defragment Now. Do not use the computer while defragging the hard drive.
To check the condition of the hard drive you may first run scan disk before defrag. That is just above the defrag button called Error-checking.