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Utility programs

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Utility programs help manage, maintain and control computer . These programs are available to help you with the day-to-day chores associated with personal computing and to keep your system running at peak .
Some examples of utility programs include:
Disk defragmenters.
Examples include a disk defragmenter which can detect computer files whose contents have been not Italic text stored on the hard disk in disjointed , and move the fragments together to increase efficiency; a disk checker can scan the contents of a hard disk to find files or areas that are corrupted in some way, or were not correctly saved, and eliminate them for a more efficiently ; a disk cleaner can find files that unnecessary to computer operation, or take up considerable amounts of space. Disk cleaner helps the user to decide what to delete when their hard disk is full.
System profilers.
A system profiler can provide detailed information about the software installed and hardware to the computer. Backup software can make a copy of all information stored on a computer, and restore either the entire system (e.g. in an event of disk failure) or selected files (e.g. in an event of ). Disk compression software can transparently compress the contents of the hard disk, in order to more information to the drive.
Virus scanners.
Virus Scanning Software are utility programs designed your computer from computer viruses. This kind of software is critical to uses, due to the number of computer viruses (small computer programs created to disrupt and computer files and/or operating system software).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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