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Disk Defrag
You should have your hard
drive defragmented once
a month as a good maintanance.
You will find the disk
defragmenter under Start,
Programs, Accessories,
Systems Tools.
Drive Space
You can use the DriveSpace
utility to compress hard
and floppy disks, for
added disk space.
Finding Disk Utilities
Right-click a drive in
My Computer and select
Properties. The Tools
tab offers the following
disk tools: ScanDisk,
Backup and Defrag which
can be used to optimize
your system and protect
your data.
Freeing Up Disk Space
To free up disk space,
try emptying the Recycle
Bin.
Hidden IP Utility
You can use a little-known
utility called WinIPConfig
to see information about
your TCP/IP network settings.
From the Start Menu, press
Run, type WINIPCFG, and
click OK.
Scan Disk
You can use ScanDisk,
in the System Tools folder,
to check your hard disk
for errors.
Speed Demon CD´s
From the System control
panel applet, click the
Performance Tab, then
click the CD-ROM Tab.
From here, you can adjust
the memory cache size
for your CD-ROM drive.
Watch Your Defrag
Avoid using a defragmentation
program that isn't aware
of long filenames. You
can not only destroy your
long filename space, you
might end up corrupting
the drive's data as well,
especially on volumes
that are 1GB to 2GB in
size.
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