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Efficient Defragging Techniques for Optimal PC Performance

Learn the importance of defragmentation for maintaining Windows, improve computer speed, and organize file fragments efficiently. Follow step-by-step instructions to defrag your hard drive and prevent data fragmentation headaches.

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Efficient Defragging Techniques for Optimal PC Performance

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  1. Objective: To learn about defragging Warm-up: Where is the run box and what does it do? Its in the Start Menu. The run box allows you to access DOS and other system tools

  2. Defragging Chapter 13 Maintaining Windows

  3. Preventive Maintenance • Defrag - Alleviates slow computer performance • Defrag – To piece together parts of a file into one place. A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e

  4. Pair Share What daily routine do you follow to stay healthy? Write in your notes. Switch notes with your neighbor and have them read your routine.

  5. Defrag the Hard Drive • Reasons to defragment • Data-recovery – When you use software or hardware to retrieve information from a hard drive. • Fragment – Pieces of file in different locations A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e

  6. Activity Go into the open area • Now, line up into a straight line alphabetically • A file is like straight line after it has been defragged.

  7. Steps for Doing a Defrag 1. Right-click the drive you want to defrag Figure 13-11 Windows repairs hard drive errors under the drive’s Properties box using Windows Explorer. Courtesy: Course Technology/Cengage Learning A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e 8

  8. 2. Go to File/Properties Or Choose Properties Figure 13-11 Windows repairs hard drive errors under the drive’s Properties box using Windows Explorer. Courtesy: Course Technology/Cengage Learning A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e 9

  9. 3. Select the Tools Tab. 4. Select “Defragment Now” A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e

  10. Defrag the Hard Drive (cont’d.) 5. Analyze 6. Defragment A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 7e

  11. Contiguous Summary • Regular preventive maintenance is critical • Improves performance and troubleshooting Fragmented

  12. gordonsigler@gmail.com

  13. Web Exercise • Search “Banff Park” on Google • Open a website from your search. • Go to File/ Save As or Save Page As (Chrome), as HTML Only Page into you’re My Documents • Right-click an image on the site and choose Save As into your My Documents folder. • Open your My Documents folder to see your two files. • Email me both files from your My Documents • gordonsigler@gmail.com • Subject: BANFF – Name –Period

  14. Write three things that your learned. • Write one thing that your are confused about.

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