Defragmenting your hard disk drive
If you encounter frame dropping while recording digital video onto your hard disk drive, defragmentation may be
necessary.
1.
Deactivate your screen saver and close other open applications, if applicable.
2.
Click
Start
in the Windows taskbar and select
All Programs
.
3.
Point to
Accessories
, point to
System Tools
, and then select
Disk Defragmenter
.
The Disk Defragment dialog box appears.
4.
Select
Action
from the menu bar and click
Analyze
.
It may take a long time to complete defragmentation, depending on the data capacity and current utilization of your
computer's hard disk drive(s).
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