Daniel C 06/03/2020 BTEC Level 3 in IT
, Utility software Examples Purpose How can PC performance be
category (give URLs) improved using this utility?
Disk checker Seagate This tool helps the user to If this program finds any error, it
Seatool check the integrity of the will try to fix it by repairing soft
drive, by examining the bad sectors and it will recognize
(CTRL + Click physical media on it. After the hard-bad sectors so they
to follow the
link)
scanning, the tool will let you won’t be used again. If your
know if there’s anything drive’s integrity is good, the
wrong with your drive. performance will improve.
Disk cleaner CCleaner It’s a software utility tool that This kind of utility software
effectively cleans out the performs some tasks that will
‘junk’ that is gathered over clean your drive and it usually
time such as temporary files leads to an improvement in
that are no longer needed, performance since it frees up
broken shortcuts etc. room on your hard disk/SSD.
Disk defragmentation Defraggler It is the process of stabilising Some storage algorithms divide
fragmented data on your hard the data apart so it will fit into
drive. When the data is the space which is available at
written to the disk but there’s that point. The performance will
not enough space to hold it, be improved since the data will
the data become fragmented. be ordered into a way that
mitigates physical head seeking
Disk partitioning MiniTool The purpose of this process is This utility can improve the
to help you manage / organize performance of your computer
the files stored on your PC, system since it is faster and more
specifically if you have a large comfortable to keep your files
hard drive. In addition to that, organized, making this process
creating different partitions easier to manage. It allows you
for your system files can to have one drive for the OS,
prevent data corruption. another one for regularly used
data etc.
Backup EaseUS This utility software can be In my opinion, an advantage of
used by everyone that wants the backup process is that you
to save their data in a safe can choose when it happens so
place such as cloud servers. the performance of your PC is
Backup can be scheduled not affected while executing
automatically when it is most another demanding task at that
convenient for the user. For certain moment. Basically, it
instance, an IT technician can protects your files and it reduces
during the night when all the the risk of losing important data.
employees are not in the
office.
, Utility software Examples Purpose How can PC performance be
category (give URLs) improved using this utility?
Disk checker Seagate This tool helps the user to If this program finds any error, it
Seatool check the integrity of the will try to fix it by repairing soft
drive, by examining the bad sectors and it will recognize
(CTRL + Click physical media on it. After the hard-bad sectors so they
to follow the
link)
scanning, the tool will let you won’t be used again. If your
know if there’s anything drive’s integrity is good, the
wrong with your drive. performance will improve.
Disk cleaner CCleaner It’s a software utility tool that This kind of utility software
effectively cleans out the performs some tasks that will
‘junk’ that is gathered over clean your drive and it usually
time such as temporary files leads to an improvement in
that are no longer needed, performance since it frees up
broken shortcuts etc. room on your hard disk/SSD.
Disk defragmentation Defraggler It is the process of stabilising Some storage algorithms divide
fragmented data on your hard the data apart so it will fit into
drive. When the data is the space which is available at
written to the disk but there’s that point. The performance will
not enough space to hold it, be improved since the data will
the data become fragmented. be ordered into a way that
mitigates physical head seeking
Disk partitioning MiniTool The purpose of this process is This utility can improve the
to help you manage / organize performance of your computer
the files stored on your PC, system since it is faster and more
specifically if you have a large comfortable to keep your files
hard drive. In addition to that, organized, making this process
creating different partitions easier to manage. It allows you
for your system files can to have one drive for the OS,
prevent data corruption. another one for regularly used
data etc.
Backup EaseUS This utility software can be In my opinion, an advantage of
used by everyone that wants the backup process is that you
to save their data in a safe can choose when it happens so
place such as cloud servers. the performance of your PC is
Backup can be scheduled not affected while executing
automatically when it is most another demanding task at that
convenient for the user. For certain moment. Basically, it
instance, an IT technician can protects your files and it reduces
during the night when all the the risk of losing important data.
employees are not in the
office.
