Computer System Utilities
Providing backup, data recovery, antivirus utilities etc. to the operating system user. These utilities are essential to get things working properly in case of common problems. All these utilities are called system tools in Windows operating system. The most commonly used utilities are:
(i) Disk Scan
(ii) Create restore point
(iii) Disc defragment
(i) Disk Scan: Long-term computer use, viruses and unexpected power cuts can cause bad sectors on the hard disk. If in this condition, the hard disk of the computer gets destroyed slowly. Hard disk bad sectors can be recovered through disk scan and the bad sector areas can be marked. As a result no more memory space is wasted.
Advantages: Bad sector of computer hard disk can be recovered and bad sector area can be marked. 166
(ii) Create restore point : Many times it is seen that after deleting a file we need the file again or we mistakenly delete many files. Such deleted files can be recovered if a restore point is created. Or revert to the previous setting if the system changes unexpectedly.
Advantage: Deleted files can be recovered.
(iii) Disk defragmentation: As a result of prolonged use of the computer, the system files of the computer become randomly located on the disk. And many times it is seen that a file breaks into several pieces and resides in different places on the disk, thus reducing the speed of the computer. Disk defragmenting organizes files and increases computer speed.
Advantage: The speed of computer operation can be increased.
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