How to defrag a hard drive on Windows XP

This article helps users to know how to defragment your disk drive volumes and using Disk Defragmenter Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that is included with Windows XP.

What is Disk Defragmenter Microsoft Management Console (MMC)?

Disk Defragmenter MMC is based on the full retail version of Executive Software Diskeeper. The version that is included with Windows XP and later provides limited functionality in maintaining disk performance by defragmenting volumes that use the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file system.

How to defrag a hard drive using MMC?

Step 1

Do any of the following to run Disk Defragment MMC:

One: Use the Properties of Your Local Disk

Open My Computer.

Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties.

On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.

Click Defragment.

Two: Use Computer Management MMC

Start Computer Management MMC (Compmgmt.msc).

Click Disk Defragmenter.

Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.

Three: Use Disk Defragmenter MMC.

Start Disk Defragmenter MMC (Dfrg.msc).

Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.

Step 2

After following any of the above to open Windows Disk Degragmenter program, you will find all drives are listed in the top window pane.  Since the program is going to be arranging files on your hard drive, it is important that no files are being accessed during the process, or the program won’t be able to move them.  Close all open programs.

Step 3

The C: drive is where operating system files and programs are installed by default, so make sure that it is selected, then click Defragment. While the program is running, it is recommend that you not use your computer. The time is takes to run the defragmenting process is dependent on the size of your hard drive and amount of fragmentation.

While the program is running you will see a graphical representation of the blocks of files on your hard drive being moved and the fragmented segments joined together.  Usually the less gaps of free space between the contiguous segments the better, but as long as the fragmented files are put together into contiguous segments, it will improve your computer’s performance.

Step 4

Once the process is complete, the graphic should display most of the contiguous files on the left and the majority of the free space on the right. Close the Disk Defragmenter window and resume using your computer.

How to Make a Movie in 3 Steps

Do you dream of making your own movie? Do you want to be a star in your own movie? Here’s the basic process, very simple.

BlazeVideo Video Magic provides you with an easy way to  combine your videos in different formats into a movie, or edit your video by its powerful video editing features such as trim video clips, crop to adjust video size, apply special effects, insert subtitle and add watermark, and then convert it to MP4, 3GP, AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, MP3, and more that are supported by popular portable entertainment devices including iPad, iPhone, iPod, PSP, HTC, Nokia, BlackBerry, Archos, Sony and other personal media players.

To make your own movie, you can follow these 3steps:

1. Import the videos you would like to edit or combine into your Video Magc.

Free download BlazeVideo  Video Magic, install it according to its installation wizard fast and run it. Click “Add files” button to select the videos and load them to Video Magic.

2. Use the Clip, Edit, Merge tabs to edit or combine your videos respectively.

Clip: trim video clips at any part of the video to save your favorite scenes easily. You are allowed to make any many video clips as you like.

Edit: make your movie perfect here: trim video clips, crop to change video size, adjust the video color effects (in brightness, hue, saturation, contrast), inset subtitle in preferred language (custom to set the position and size of the subtitle as you like), embed watermark text (you are allowed to choose the color, size and position for watermark on video).

Merge: combine or join several video files in various video formats into a movie.

Also, you are allowed to make your own unique movie by adding title and credits on video.

3. Convert the edited or merged movie into other video formats.

All completed movies will be displayed in the Movie Tray in Video Magic. If you are satisfied with your creation, it is time to convert these videos for more devices.

a. Select the output video format from the drop down list in “Profile”. You can choose to convert the created movie to iPad, iPod, iPhone, HTC, Nokia, PSP, etc.:

b.Click “Settings” to do more settings in video parameter (video: codec, video size, frame rate, bitrate and audio: codc, sample rate, channel, bitrate) for better experience. Here we take iPad 2 as output device as example:

c. Choose the output location with enough free space where you want to save your converted video file by clicking the “Browse” button beside “Output”.

d. OK, everything is ready now. Click the “Start” button.

e. If you want to open your converted movie, you can click the “Location” button to specify it in its definition folder on hard drive.

How to Play Media Files DivX / XviD / MP4 / Real Media / QuickTime / VOB?

There are various kinds of media files on internet available for you to enjoy. DVD X Player is not only a DVD player but also a video player. It supports many popular media files like DivX, XviD, MP4, Real Media, QuickTime, and VOB.

Play Media Files Guide

If you want to play some media files with DVD X Player, follow the guide below.

Step 1. Startup DVD X Player

Startup DVD X Player, the interface will show up. It is clear and without welcome screen once you have registered, of course there is no ad.

Step 2. Begin to Play Video Files

a. Click  button to select Play Media Files…to choose a video file.

b. Right click on the video window, choose Play from – > Play Media Files… to select one or more media files, you will begin to play media files.

Step 3. Use Feature functions

When you are playing multiple files, you can click Previous  or Next  button to skip playback.

You can drag the progress bar to play the part you want to watch.

Use the main panel and sub panel to get different video effect.

Classic Forever - Win Freebies in CloneDVD’s The Most Classic Movie Competition

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Classics never fade. They have transcended time and trends, with indefinable quality. Classic movies are often universal favorites that hold up after repeated rescreening. Classics are renowned films of first rank, reference points in film mythology.

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