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6.3.4 SYSTEM UTILITIES
System Utilities (Figure 32) is home to the (hard drive) Defragment tool and Update 3P LAY utility.
Figure 32
6.3.4.1 DEFRAGMENT
Over the course of lengthy use, the section of
3P
LAY ’s internal storage devoted to audio and
video storage can become fragmented.
Eventually, this can degrade playback
performance. Defragmenting corrects this
condition.
You could think of your hard drive as being like a
shelf in your library. As time goes along, the
shelf fills with books. Some are large while
others are small, just as recorded 3P
LAY sessions
may be shorter or longer.
To make room for new additions, you decide to remove books you have finished with from the
shelf. You remove a book here, another there, opening up gaps between the remaining books.
This makes some shelf space available, but does so in the form of gaps separated by the remaining
books. Sadly, when you obtain another large book, it may be too big to fit in any one of the gaps.
A foolish librarian might tear the new book into sections just big enough to fit into the open spaces
on the shelf. This is would obviously be unwise. When you wish to refer to the book later you will
waste a lot of time locating and assembling its sections before you can read it.
Figure 33