Over time, the files on your hard drive become fragmented and your computer slows down because it has to check multiple locations on the drive. To make your computer run more efficiently, you can use ...

WinXP. Under the Tools tab in your drive's Properties window, click Defragment Now. Next, select a drive in the Volume column and click Analyze. Disk Defragmenter will display your drive’s data ...

"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 ...

iDefrag is a small utility with the single purpose of running drive defragmentation and optimization. It does this job quite well, and has become a reputable and complete option for people wanting to ...

Disktrix's $30 utility lets you defragment hard drives and other storage devices a little or a lot--and view the contents of individual drive clusters, among other options. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Defragmenting your hard drive regularly is an important part of regular hard drive maintenance, and the best tools can defrag your drive regularly or on demand when your games start to slow down or ...

With the business world’s continued reliance on computers to sustain daily operations comes the increasing importance of maintaining the “health” of those processors in which companies place their ...

How often should you defrag a drive? I know you are suppose to after you move, use, change, or add a large number of files, but at what point does defragging a drive cause more wear and tear than it's ...