LET’S TALK ABOUT DISK CLEANUP, SYSTEM BACKUP AND DEFRAGMENTATION

What is system defragmentation?

System defragmentation is simply a process of removing fragments from a hard disk. When you defrag, the operating system removes the gaps between packets of data, moving it all closer to the middle of the disc. This in turn makes the hard drive more accessible and files open easier. You should note that every file in your system is not stored in one place on the hard disk but scattered around. Therefore defragmenting your Hard drive helps to gather these files together in one location and this helps the files to open easier. It will also improve the speed of your PC or laptop, even if it is by a little amount. Startup time will also be shortened.

Defragmentation is preferable for systems using a spinning hard disk, i.e. HDD not SSD. If you defrag an SSD hard disk you will only shorten its lifespan.

Always defragment your hard drive properly - clean up any unwanted files first, run disk cleanup and Scandisk, make a system backup, and then run your defragmenter.

To defragment a disk, defragmentation software (also known as a "defragmenter") can be used. This is an intensive operation and cannot be performed on a system with little or no free space. During defragmentation, system performance will be degraded, and it is best to wait till defragmentation is finished before using your system.

How to defrag Windows 7

Click the Start button. Select All Programs, then Accessories. Choose System Tools, and then select Disk Defragmenter.

Then hit Defragment Now button and it will start defragmenting.

Disk Defragmenter will take a while, possibly even hours, to complete, but you can use your computer throughout the process.

How to defrag Windows 8

Most Windows 8 systems are set to defrag by default every week. So if you haven't changed any settings, you shouldn't need to defrag. But to do it manually, open Search. Now type in 'Defragment'. One of the results will be 'Defragment and optimize your drives'. Select this.

You may also see a dialog box featuring a list of the hard drives in your computer, their media type, when they were last defragged, and how fragmented they are. You really need to defrag only if the drive is more than 10 percent fragmented.

If you can't see a figure in Current status, to find out if a particular drive needs to be optimized highlight it and hit Analyze. Then confirm your choice. This will update the Current status column.

Optionally you can use a third-party defragmenter, such as Auslogics Disk Defrag, rather than the inbuilt Windows utility. It works much faster and more effectively, shortening the time that your hard drive is working at maximum capacity.

HOW TO CREATE LOGOS ON MICROSOFT WORD

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR CLASSWORK 2

Today we shall be looking at how to create some simple logos on Microsoft Word, this is actually the second classwork in the teaching module I use for my students.

This class work looks at how to create the Texaco & Chevron logos on MS Word.

CREATING THE TEXACO LOGO

Step 1:             Go to the insert tab under illustrations click shapes and select rectangle.

Step 2:             Go to the typing area, click and drag to draw a rectangular shape like this.

Step 3:             Again go to the insert tab under illustrations click shapes and select the oval shape. Click and drag to draw.

Step 4:             Again go to the insert tab under illustrations click shapes and select the star shape. Click and drag to draw.

Step 5:             Go to the insert tab under text, click on word art and select WordArt style 1.

                        Type the letter “T” and click ok. The word art is created, the next step is to text wrap so that the word art will be movable. With the WORDART still highlighted go to the format tab under arrange click text wrapping and select in front of text.

                        This makes your shape to be movable.

Step 6:             Place the wordart inside the star shape, allowing the tail of the “T” to touch the inner edge of the star.

Step 7:             Again go to the insert tab under text, click on word art and select WordArt style 1.

                        Type the word “TEXACO” and click ok. With the WORDART still highlighted go to the format tab under arrange click text wrapping and select in front of text.

                        Move the Texaco word art to the inside of the rectangle created earlier.

Step 8:             Again go to the insert tab under text, click on word art and select WordArt style 1. Type the combination Ctrl+Alt+R to get the registered trademark symbol. Also rem’ber to text wrap.

Step 9:             Arrange every shape in place.

Step 10:           And now to add color to the work. We click on the trade mark shape to select it and with the control key held down select the Texaco wordart, the oval shape and the T wordart.  Go to the format tab and under shape styles chunk click on the shape fill arrow and select red.

Step 11:           With the highlight still on click on shape outline and select no outline.

Step 12

AND HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE – A VERY LOVELY LOGO.

CREATING THE CHEVRON LOGO

 Step 1:            Go to the insert tab under text, click on word art and select WordArt style 1.

                        Type the word “Chevron” and click ok. With the WORDART still highlighted go to the format tab under arrange click text wrapping and select in front of text. This enables you to move wordart.

 Step 2:             Go to the insert tab under illustrations click shapes and select CHEVRON under block arrows.

Go to the typing area, click and drag to draw the chevron shape as shown.

Go to the format tab with the chevron shape highlighted and under the arrange chunk click rotate and select rotate right 90 degree.

Duplicate the shape using Ctrl D and place the duplicate under the first shape.

Arrange the shapes as shown above, aligning the word art chevron with the shape.

The next step is to add color to the shapes.

Select the chevron wordart and the first shape then go to the format tab and under shape styles chunk click on the shape fill arrow and select blue accent 1.

Then select the last shape under and under shape styles chunk click on the shape fill arrow and select red.

And finally your logo is formed, it would be necessary to group it.

To group go to the home tab and the editing chunk, click on select and then select objects. Then click and drag over all the items you wish to group like this.

After the items are highlighted then right click on it, click grouping then group.

AND HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE – A VERY LOVELY LOGO

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