Midterm Lab 1

Laboratory Activity Preventive Maintenance

Name:___________________________ Date:_______

Disk Cleanup, Automatic Updates and Disk Defrag.

Please follow the instructions and answer the following questions:

1. Access the hard drive cleaning tool. Explain how you accessed?

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2. Select the drive that you want to clean.

3. Wait for the tool to configure the amount of disk space that will be released.
4. What is the amount of disk space will you gain?  From what total amount?

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5. From where will the highest number of files be deleted? What do these files contain? If you do
not know the answer, search for it on the internet.

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6. Delete the files

7. Find another program that can clean the hard disk. What is the danger of using this program?

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Automatic Updates:

1. Access www.update.microsoft.com and check to see whether you require any updates (select
the express check)
2. Is your computer set to receive automatic updates? How do you check this?

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3. In the website access ‘FAQ’. If your computer is set to receive automatic updates do you need
to access this site? Why?

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4. If your computer is not set to receive automatic updates how often is it suggested that you
access the site to download and install updates?

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5. What do the updates contain?

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Disk Defrag

1. Access the Disk Defragmenter tool. How did you access it?

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2. Perform an analysis that will advise you whether or not you should defragment. If it is
suggested, perform the defragmentation.
3. What took place during the disk defragmentation?

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4. Can you notice a difference in the file compression? How is this demonstrated by the different
colors?

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Next to each tool write down its function (if necessary, use a dictionary or the internet)

System Restore

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Backup

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