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by Spixxy on September 21st, 2004

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How do I defragment my computer?

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  • by Astaroth on September 22nd, 2004

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    What you actually defragment is your computer's hard drive. In time, because you copy, move, create and remove files and folders, as well as install and uninstall programs, the way data is saved on your hard drive physical tracks becomes fragmented. This generates unefficiencies on its operation.

    Defragmentation is a very simple procedure:

    -In Windows XP: Right click your "My Computer Icon" and select Explore. You will see all your drive units. Usually (99.9% of the times) your hard drive is C: Just right click on it on select Properties. You will see some Tabs on the next window. Select the "Tools" tab, and you will see a Defragmention option. Click the "Defragment Now" button. Click Defragment when the Defragmentation Window pops up.

    -Another way (that works for all Windows versions): On your desktop, click the Start Button (lower left side corner). Select "All Programs", on the list that appears, go to the "Accesories" sub folder, and then to the "System Tools" sub folder. Choose the "Disk Defragmenter". Click Defragment when the Defragmentation Window pops up.

    Because the disk is relocating data, and with the big size drives nowadays, it will probably take some hours, so I recommend you leave the PC running the process without doing anything else. A good time, is when you go to sleep, so next morning the process will be finished for sure.

    I used to stare for long periods of time to the defragmentation status bar, you can see how your disk is being "organized". You can do it the first time to understand better how the process works.

    Hope the instructions are clear enough.

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    • Very clear!

      Helix71

      by Helix71 on February 22nd, 2005

    • Thanks for your help.

      snowflake1556

      by snowflake1556 on October 29th, 2005

    • Very much appreciated. Your instructions were clear and most helpful. Thanks so much!

      romancegirl

      by romancegirl on November 15th, 2009

    • That was very straightforward. Thank you!

      Valerie

      by Valerie on November 27th, 2009

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