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. Chapter 13 Maintaining Windows
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.

8. Steps for Doing a Defrag
1. Right-click the drive you want to defrag
Figure 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

9. 2. Go to File/Properties Or Choose Properties
Figure 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

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

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

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

13. 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

14. 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.
me both files from your My Documents
Subject: BANFF – Name –Period

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