Chapter 22: PC Care and Maintenance^591
A copy backup copies specified files and directories to a specified location or
drive. When you copy a file from the hard disk to a diskette to safeguard it,
you have created a copy backup. The DOS command XCOPY is commonly
used to create copy backups because it will copy a directory along with its
files and subdirectories.Optimize the Disk
Windows includes a variety of applets that you can use to improve the performance of
the hard disk drive. These tools are found on the Accessories | System Tools menu
showninFigure22-13.TheprimarytoolsavailableareScanDiskandDiskDefragmenter.
ScanDisk Thisutilitycanbeusedtoscanthedisksurfaceformediaerrors,scanfiles,and
folders for data problems, or both. ScanDisk runs each time Windows and your PC is not
Figure 22-13. The System Tools menu on the Windows Accessories menu