IDE

IDE Interface
The primary interface used to connect a hard disk
drive to a PC is typically called IDE ( Integrated Drive
Electronics).
IDE refers to the fact that the interface electronics or
controller is built into the drive and is not a separate
board.
Although technically the correct name for the interface
is ATA, many persist in using the IDE designation today.
The primary purpose of the hard disk controller, or
interface, is to transmit and receive data to and from the
drive.
 ATA cable

• Length
• 􀂄 18”
• 􀂄 80-conductor: 27”
• 􀂄 Longer?
• Avoid Rounded
• Cable
 ATAPI
• ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) is an
interface between your computer and
attached CD-ROM drives and tape backup
drives. Most of today's PC computers use the
standard Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
interface to address hard disk drives.
• 1. System Software:
• System software is a set of one or more programs that are designed to
control the basic operations of a computer system. System Software
(OS) support the following tasks:
• i. Running of other softwares such as Application and Utility Softwares.
• ii. Communicating with peripheral devices such as printers, disk, pen-
drive, Tape-drives, Scanner, etc.
• iii. Monitoring the use of various hardware resources such as memory,
CPU, Hard-disk, and Others.
• iv. Development of other types of Softwares using Compilers &
Interpreters.
 Application Software:

• Application software is a set of one or more

programs, designed to carry out operation for
a specified application. Application Software
can be divided into- Packages and User
Written Software.
• Ex;tally,ms office,photoshop,games,autocad
 DEFRAGMENTATION
• In the maintenance of file
systems,defragmentation is a process that
reduces the amount of fragmentation. It does
this by physically organizing the contents of
the mass storage device used to store files
into the smallest number of contiguous
regions (fragments).
  Delete files using Disk Cleanup

• If you want to reduce the number of

unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up
disk space and help your computer run faster,
use Disk Cleanup. It removes temporary files,
empties the Recycle Bin, and removes a variety
of system files and other items that you no
longer need. For more information about
deleting files from the Recycle Bin, see 
Permanently delete files from the Recycle Bin.
• Compression of old files
• Temporary Internet files
• Temporary Windows files
• Downloaded program files
• Recycle Bin
• Removal of unused applications or optional
Windows components
• Setup log files
• Offline web pages (cached
 Disk Management
• Disk Management is a utility built into
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8
which can be used to create, delete, and
format partitions. Operating System.
Instructions. Windows XP. Click here for
Instructions.
 SYSTEM RESTORE
• System Restore is a feature in Microsoft
Windows that allows the user to revert their
computer's state (including system files,
installed applications, Windows Registry,
and system settings) to that of a previous
point in time, which can be used to recover
from systemmalfunctions or other problems
 VIRTUAL MEMORY
• Virtual memory is a feature of an operating
system (OS) that allows a computer to
compensate for shortages of
physical memory by temporarily transferring
pages of data from random
access memory(RAM) to disk storage.
 DISK ERROR CHECKING
• Disk Check is a free utility that can help you scan your disk drives for
errors and fix them. It can also scan entire disk for bad sectors and try to
recover them.
• Main Features 

 Scan and Fix multiple drives with one click. 

 Schedule Disk Check on next boot if a drive cannot be locked. 

 Boot Time Disk check can be performed on multiple drives in a click. 

 Use of chkdsk makes it highly safe to use. 

 It can also be scheduled if used with Puran Utilities Batch Fix
 MSCONFIG

• MSConfig (officially called System
Configuration in Windows Vista, Windows 7
 and Windows 8 or Microsoft System
Configuration Utility in previous 
operating systems) is a system utility to 
troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows startup
 process. It can disable or re-enable software, 
device drivers and Windows services that run
at startup, or change boot parameters.