Document number: 15320

 

By default, Norton Speed Disk is scheduled to run on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon, machine time. You may experience performance slowdowns at those times (see Eureka! document 15007 — Slow performance while Norton Speed Disk runs.)

Your machine must be powered up for the process to run. Once the process begins, do NOT interrupt it. Doing so may result in boot errors on your machine.

If the process runs at a time that is inconvenient to your working schedule, you can reschedule when Norton Speed Disk runs. To reschedule the process to a more convenient time, follow these steps:

1. When the process is NOT running, launch Norton Speed Disk by clicking on the Start menu, then on Programs, then Norton Speed Disk, and finally Norton Speed Disk. The Norton Speed Disk screen appears.

2. Click on the Schedule Options icon on the left side of the screen.



3. Change the scheduled time for the process on the right side of the screen:
   • Frequency: Choose a day or day(s) that is convenient for you to run the process. It generally takes about an hour.
     • It's recommended that you run the process weekly to ensure the continued health of your hard drive.
   • Start time: Choose a time during which your machine is powered up, but that will not interfere with your work schedule.

     • Generally, you want the entire process to run, so do not specify a Stop Time.

4. Once you have chosen a day and time, you may click Apply to invoke the new schedule.

 

Your Norton Speed Disk process should run as you have scheduled.

 

 

 

 

 

Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved.
Created: kcw 07/25/2003
Reviewed: 07/28/2003