Type of system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain computer.
Disk Formatter:
- Carries out the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, for initial use.
- Formatting, process where the computer ‘draws lines’ on the surface of disk surface to split it into small areas.
Virus Checker:
- Finds and removes computer viruses from a computer.
- When files sent from one computer to another, possible it may contain a virus that can infect receiving computer.
- Virus checker keeps a constant check on files, searching for viruses and deletes it if found.
Defragmenter software:
- Reorganizes files & unused space on hard disk so operating system accesses data quicker.
- Files can be big so have to be stored in multiple sectors.
- Fragmentation, contents of a file are scattered across two or more noncontiguous sectors.
- Fragmentation slows down disk access and thus the performance of the entire computer.
- Defragmenting disk: reorganizing files so they are stored in contiguous sectors.
Disk content analysis software:
- Software utility for visualization of disk space usage.
- Gets size for each folder and files, and generates a graphical chart showing disk usage distribution according to folders or other user defined criteria.
File compression:
- Reduces the size of a file by cutting out much of the duplication of data in the file.
- Causes improvements in the computer’s performance by reducing the data that needs to be stored.
Automatic Backup:
- Duplicate important data in the event of a hard drive failure, user error, disaster or accident.
- Can be used for individual computers or for an enterprise’s computers and servers.
- Software can be set to backup selected files and folders on a scheduled basis or as required.