This article discusses three ways to use the tools that come with the Windows XP operating system to more effectively maintain computer performance.
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free up disk space, you can improve your computer's performance. The Disk Cleanup Tool is a utility included with Windows that helps you free up space on your hard drive. The utility first identifies files that can be safely deleted and then allows you to choose which files you want to delete partially or all.
Disk Cleanup Tool Function:
• Delete temporary Internet files.
• Delete the downloaded program file.
• Empty the recycle bin.
• Delete Windows temporary files.
• Remove optional Windows components that are not in use.
• Delete programs that are installed but are no longer in use.
Tip: Typically, temporary Internet files take up most of the space, because in order to accelerate future access, browser caches each page you visit.
Using the Disk Cleanup Tool
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If you have multiple drives, you will be prompted to specify which drive to clean.
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2. "(drive) Disk Cleanup" dialog box, scroll The contents of the "Files to delete" list.
Select the file to be deleted
3. Clear the check box corresponding to the file you do not want to delete, and then click "OK".
4. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified file, click "Yes".
After a few minutes, the process is complete and the Disk Cleanup dialog closes, giving your computer a cleaner, better performance.
Second, faster access to data
disk fragmentation will reduce overall system performance. If the file is stored on a different shard, when you open the file, the computer must search for the hard disk to patch the pieces together. The response time can be significantly longer.
Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that combines files and folders stored on different pieces of computer hard disk so that any of these files and folders occupy only the disk. A space. When the files are stored neatly and without fragmentation, the disk read and write speed will be faster.
When to run Disk Defragmenter
In addition to running Disk Defragmenter regularly (preferably once a month), in addition to the usual monthly routine, if something happens The utility can also be run for specific events.
The Disk Defragmenter should be run under the following conditions:
• A large number of files have been added.
• Only about 15% of available disk space.
• A new program or a new version of Windows is installed.
Using Disk Defragmenter:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter ".
Clicking "Analysis" will start the Disk Defragmenter
2. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drive you want to defragment, and then click Analyze Button.
After analyzing the disk, a dialog will appear telling you if the drive being analyzed should be defragmented.
Tip: Before defragmenting a volume, you should analyze it first to see how long it takes for the defragmentation process.
3. To defragment one or more selected drives, click the Defragment button.
After defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter will display the results.
4. To display detailed information about defragmented disks or partitions, click View Report.
5. To close the View Report dialog box, click Close.
6. To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, click the "Close" button in the window title bar.
Third, detect and repair disk errors
addition to running the Disk Cleanup tool and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can also run the error-checking utility to check the file stored on the hard Integrity.
Bad sectors may appear when using a hard drive. Bad sectors can degrade hard drive performance and can sometimes make it difficult or impossible to perform data write operations (such as file saves). The error checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors and scans for file system errors to see if certain files or folders are misplaced.
If you use your computer every day, you should try running this utility once a week to help prevent data loss.
Run the error checking utility:
IMPORTANT: Be sure to close all files before running the error checking utility.
1. Click "Start" and then "My Computer".
2. In the "My Computer" window, right-click on the hard disk to search for the presence of bad sectors, and then click "Properties".
3. In the Properties dialog, click the Tools tab.
4. Click the "Start Check" button.
5. In the "Check Disk" dialog box, select the "Scan and try to recover bad sectors" check box, and then click "Start". Under
most cases, select "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" 6. If you find that there are bad sectors, select repair.
Tip: If you think the disk contains bad sectors, select the "Automatically fix file system errors" checkbox.