Most contemporary Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically. You can defrag your computer manually if you have Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. Defragmenting your computer helps ...

"Defrag" is short for "defragment," which is a maintenance task required by your hard drives. Most hard drives have spinning platters, with data stored in different places around that platter. When ...

Defragging a hard drive was once so common it was almost a rite of passage for computer users. Many different disk utility and maintenance programs offered defragmentation routines as part of their ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

Tightening up the sectors on a drive storing hundreds of gigabytes may or may not boost your PC's performance, but it could extend your drive's life expectancy. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

To begin, open an elevated command prompt window. Type Defrag /? or defrag.exe and hit Enter. This will show you all the defragmentation options and command-line switches. /A Perform analysis on the ...

Auslogics Disk Defrag can save your time by defragmenting only the files you want. The program’s optimization algorithms allow you to defragment free space, move system files to the fastest part of ...

Imagine the following: you create a word document and save it. The document is split into tiny bits and accessed as such. At first, the bits are stored next to each other — the file is saved in a ...

SSDs are now the storage of choice for enthusiasts and gamers alike. Some would even say they are the most impactful upgrade for your PC. They are smaller, faster, and have gotten much more reliable ...

When you first open the software you will see your disks listed in the top pane and a disk analysis in the bottom pane. The first analysis is done thoroughly so it takes a while, but you won't mind ...