| How can I change
which tools Windows 2000 and later uses by default
for disk cleanup, backup, and defragmentation? |
If you right-click a drive, select Properties, then
select the Tools tab, you'll see buttons for backing
up and defragmenting your disk. On the General tab,
you'll also see a button labeled Disk Cleanup. By default,
Win2K and later run the following programs for each
of the buttons:
- Disk clean-up--\%systemroot%\system32\cleanmgr.exe
/D %c
- Defragment--mmc.exe C:\progra~1\execut~1\diskee~2\diskee~1.msc
%c:
- Backup--\%systemroot%\system32\ntbackup.exe
To change the program used, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer registry subkey.
Under the subkey are three keys: BackupPath, cleanuppath,
and DefragPath. Under each of these keys, the (Default)
value specifies the program to be used. If any of
the keys don't exist (by default, BackupPath doesn't
exist in Win2K), go to the Edit menu; select New,
Key; then enter the name of the missing key under
the MyComputer subkey.
- Double-click the (Default) value under the path
you want to modify, change the value to reflect the
program you want to use, then click OK.
- Close the registry editor.
The change takes effect immediately.
How can I copy disk
quotas from one volume to another?
|
The NTFS version that Microsoft supplies with Windows
2000 and later OSs lets you assign user quotas so
that an administrator can restrict the amount of space
users can access on a per-volume basis. Although you
can set global quotas for all users, you can also
drill down and assign individual user quotas. Because
these per-user quotas can take a long time to configure,
you might prefer to export the quotas from one disk
to a different volume (e.g., if your system has multiple
disks, you might want to configure the same quotas
on many disks).
To export quotas from a volume, perform the following
steps:
- Start Windows Explorer.
- Right-click the volume containing the user quotas
that you want to copy to another volume, then select
Properties from the context menu.
- Select the Quota tab.
- Click Quota Entries.
- From the Quota menu, select Export.
- Enter a filename for the export file, then click
Save.
- Close the Quota dialog box.
To import the quota information, perform the following
steps:
- Start Windows Explorer.
- Right-click the volume to which you want to import
the user quotas, then select Properties from the
context menu.
- Select the Quota tab.
- Click Quota Entries.
- From the Quota menu, select Import.
- Select the exported file and click Open.
- For any quotas that already exist, the OS will
ask you whether you want to replace the existing
file and whether you want to perform this action
on all conflicts.
- Close the Quota dialog box.
How can I create
an MS-DOS boot disk under Windows XP?
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You can format a 3.5" disk to contain MS-DOS bootable
files in XP by performing the following steps:
- Start My Computer (go to Start and click My Computer).
- Right-click the 3.5" drive icon and select Format
from the context menu.
- Select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk," and click
Start.
- Click OK when XP asks you to confirm.
- Click Close after XP is finished creating the
disk.
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