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20 IT Essentials: PC Harware and Software Companion GuideHow ToTo Run Disk Defragmenter, shown in Figure 13-11, follow these steps:Step 1.Step 2.Step 3.From My Computer, select the hard drive you want to clean.Right-click and choose Properties.On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now. The length of time it takes to completethe defragmentation varies according to how fragmented the hard drive is.Figure 13-11 Disk DefragmenterNoteIt might be necessary to close all programs running in the background before you run DiskDefragmenter.Explain How to Manage Data Version Control BetweenDesktops and LaptopsIt is important to manage your data files and folders properly. Restore and recover procedures,as well as backups, are more successful if the data is organized.Windows XP has a default location, sometimes available as an icon on the desktop calledMy Documents. You can use My Documents to create a folder structure and store files.When moving files from a laptop to a desktop computer, start by creating a similar folderstructure in both locations. Files can be transferred over a network, with an optical disc, orwith a portable drive.You should be careful that data copied from one computer does not inadvertently overwritedata on the other computer. When you are copying a file to a destination folder, you mightencounter a “Confirm File Replace” message, as shown in Figure 13-12.