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

Chapter 13 Maintaining Windows Defragging Chapter 13 Maintaining Windows

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

gordonsigler@gmail.com Word Meaning Image Defrag Windows Utilities To piece all the parts together Windows Utilities Free tools to help fix your computer Analyze To scrutinize and check for problems Performance How well your computer works Data-recovery Using software and hardware to retrieve files from a hard drive trouble-shooting Solving problems with your computer through the scientific method Fragment When files are broken into pieces across multiple segments gordonsigler@gmail.com

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

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