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Defragmenter - A Windows utility
which consolidates fragmented files and
folders on your computer's hard disk, then
rearranges them to increase available space.
As a result, your computer works with the
hard drive faster and more efficiently. |
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Disk Cleanup - A Windows utility that
increases available hard drive space by
deleting unused files and compressing old
files. |
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Driver - a program routine that tells
the Operating System how a hardware device
works. The hardware device may be an
internal component, such as a video card or
modem, or an external device like a printer
or scanner. |
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Contiguous files - Files stored next
to each other on the physical hard drive
that are not fragmented. |
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Restore Point - A record or snapshot
of the computer at a certain date and time
that is used by the System Restore utility. |
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System Restore - A Windows utility
that increases available hard drive space by
deleting unused files and compressing old
files. |
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Temporary internet files - HTML,
images, applications and other Web page
content that is stored on your hard disk for
quick viewing while surfing the Internet. |
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Temp files or Windows temporary files
- Files created during normal usage of the
computer. They are used temporarily and may
not be deleted when they are no longer
necessary. |
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Third party hardware - Any internal
or external physical component of the
computer that was not manufactured by HP.
For example, Logitech Web Cam. |
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Third party software - Any program or
application on the computer that was not
created by HP. For example, Symantec's
Norton Antivirus. |
