Diskeeper 10 User's Manual

8 Getting Started
Quick Launch Pane⎯The Quick Launch pane is where you’ll find easy access to the commonly-used
Diskeeper features, as well as several shortcuts for performing common tasks. See page 19 for more
information.
Computer Pane⎯The Computer pane shows all the supported disk volumes detected on your computer, and
general information about each volume and any schedules that have been established. See page 19 for more
information.
Tabbed Controls⎯The tabs in the Dashboard area allow you to easily change between the Volume Map, the
Job Report, the Job Log, and the Historical Report. See page 20 for more information.
Dashboard Area⎯This is the main “Operations Center” for Diskeeper. Each tabbed pane shows a different
aspect of your disks’ condition. See page 20 for more information.
Status Bar⎯This section of the Diskeeper display shows the progress of any Diskeeper tasks currently
running. The status bar also shows other useful information, like the folder location and name of the file being
moved, as well as numbers showing the size of the file chunk being moved and the total size of the file.
System Tray Icon—The Diskeeper icon in the Windows system status area (or system tray) provides a
convenient way to see when Diskeeper is defragmenting one or more volumes on your computer. When the
icon is displayed, you can right-click it to access these options:
• Diskeeper (opens the Diskeeper console)
• Stop running engines
• Delay scheduled defragmentation
Let’s Look At Your Hard Drive
The following brief steps will give you a quick and easy demonstration of Diskeeper on your own workstation
or server, and introduce recommended settings.
1. In the Computer pane, locate and select one of your system's volumes.
2. In the Quick Launch pane, expand the Analyze and Defragment Now task. Next, click Analyze to start
the analysis. Keep in mind the analysis may take a few seconds⎯the larger your volume, the longer this
will take.