Defragment Hard Drive - The more you use your PC, the more some files become broken into disparate parts scattered
around your Hard Drive. Defragmenting rearranges each file's pieces into a single continuous block for faster access. Think
of it as a workbench that starts out with everything in place then gets messed up because the tools aren't put back where they
belong. They're still there, it'll just take longer to find them. See the pictures of Good, Bad, and Ugly Hard Drives below.
Select:
Start (lower left corner of screen)
Programs
Accessories
System Tools
Disk Defragmenter.
Highlight the drive that you want to check, and press the Defragment button.
If you'd like to make this process easier and more efficient than Windows built in Defrag utility then I'd suggest you try
DiskKeeper (30 Day Free trial) or Magic Defrag (30 Day Free trial). Paging and Registry file fragmentation can be one of the
leading causes of performance degradation related to file fragmentation in a system. If you're looking for a Free program to
Defrag these files then try PageDefrag.
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