How to defrag?
Why Defrag?
When you defrag your hard drive, it puts all of the pieces needed to run your programs in a close proximity to each other. When you delete programs on your hard drive, you can leave empty spaces where data of the program or file were inserted during its life on your computer. When you install a program, the computer seeks out the first available cell to place the data. The computer could be saving the data at the beginning, middle and/or end of your hard drive. This forces your hard drive to hunt all over the place when trying to access all the data for the program and putting them together to run your application. When you defrag your machine, all the program’s pieces will be moved so that they are all in a sequence. Your hard drive will run more efficiently when access program.
How to defrag?
OK, so, I’ve convinced you that you wish to degfrag? Well follow these basic steps, and your computer will be defragged in no time!
Step 1:
Click “Start” and Navigate to “Control Panel“.
Step 1
Step 2:
Find “Administration tools” and open it.
Step 2
Step 3:
Double Click on “Computer Management“. Once the computer manager is open, select “Disk Management” from under the “Storage” section in the left pane.
Step 3
Step 4:
Right click on “Disk 0” in the bottom middle pain and select “Properties” from the list. You will see the properties window for “Disk 0” shot up. Please note that “Disk 0” is the hard drive that Windows boots off. You can defrag any hard drive you want.
Step 4
Step 5:
Select the “Tools” tab and then press “Defrag Now“.
Step 5
Windows Vista users may experience the following message:
Step 5, message
If this is the case, just click “Defragment Now” and proceed to step 6.
Step 6:
Vista Users:
Vista users simply have to tick the hard drives that they want defragged, then press ok.
The defragmentation will run in the background and you will be notified when it has been completed.
Windows XP:
Windows Xp Users just have to press the “Defragment” button.
Step 7:
Go make yourself a coffee and eat scons now! Depending on the size of your drive, the fragmentation severity and the last time you defragmented your hard drive, it could take between 10 minutes to several hours.
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