Gateway 2100 Guía Del Usuario

Gateway Solo™ 2100 Multimedia Notebook

Hard Drive Utilities

Some system tools in Windows 95 can help you preserve the life of your

hard drive. Set up a maintenance schedule and perform these functions on a

regular basis.

Disk defragmenter

Windows 95 contains a disk defragmenter in its system tools. A disk defrag-

menter program is like a housekeeper; it finds file fragments and puts them

together. This saves hard drive space and allows the system to run faster and

more efficiently.

Note:

Windows 95 cannot defragment your CD-ROM, or any network drive.

To use Windows 95 Disk Defragmenter:

1. Click on

Start

Programs

Accessories

System Tools

, then

Disk Defragmenter

. The

Select Drive

screen appears.

2. Use the t button to select the drive you wish to defragment, and click

. The

Disk Defragmenter

screen appears.

3. Click on

Start

to begin the disk defragment program. The screen follows

the program’s progress. When the program has finished running, an-

other

Disk Defragmenter

screen appears.

4. Click

Yes

if you are ready to quit

Disk Defragmenter

ScanDisk

Windows 95 contains a disk scan program that will check your hard drive

and can fix many errors found.

To use Windows 95 ScanDisk:

1. Click on

Start

Programs

Accessories

System Tools

, then

ScanDisk

. The

ScanDisk

screen appears.

2. Select the drive you want to have checked for errors. Make sure a check

is in the box next to

Automatically fix errors

if you wish to use that option.

3. Click on

Start

to begin the program. The screen follows the program’s

progress. When the program has finished running, the

ScanDisk Results

screen appears.

4. Click

after you have read the screen; then click

again to exit

the program.