Active Tune - McAfee UTILITIES 4.0 User Manual

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• Full Unfragment–defragments your files and writes them to the hard disk
so that all free space is grouped separately from used space, without regard
to the File Placement criteria specified in the Defragmentation Options
dialog box (click the Advanced button).
• Quick Unfragment–defragments your fragmented files and rewrites these
to the disk without rearranging other files, and without regard to the File
Placement criteria. Free space remains fragmented.
• Consolidate Free Space–moves files and file segments to the beginning of
the disk without regard to the File Placement criteria, so that all free space
appears at the end. Files remain fragmented.
DiskTune displays a map of your hard drive with blocks that are color coded
by status. You can watch the map change as DiskTune analyzes the disk, and
you can customize the colors codes and click a block in the hard drive map to
identify its contents.
For more information, click the Help button while working with DiskTune.

Active Tune

McAfee Active Tune is a new feature of McAfee Utilities that reduces drive
fragmentation in real-time. It makes use of patent-pending technology that
directs Windows to intelligently write files to the drive to prevent
fragmentation.
To use Active Tune, click Options >Settings in the McAfee Utilities home
screen; or right-click the McAfee Guardian icon from the Windows task bar;
click McAfee Utilities; then McAfee Utilities Properties. The McAfee Utilities
Properties dialog box is displayed.
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