How to Defragment your Disk Drives in Windows 7

Disk Defragmenter is a program built into Windows Operating system to help improve performance. Hard drives running Windows can get fragmented over time which basically means bits of information is scattered all across the hard drive making it harder to find information. By giving your hard drive a good defragging the hard drive doesn’t need to work as hard and you may even notice some speed difference.

1. Click the Start button.

2. In the search bar, type “disk defragmenter” and click on the program link to open it.

3. Click on “Defragment disk” button near the bottom.

4. The program will begin analyzing your hard drive and begin defragging.

References:

http://askabouttech.com/how-to-defrag-windows-7/

How to Defragment your Disk Drives in Windows XP

Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the mass storage device to store files in a contiguous region if possible, or in the smallest possible number of regions (fragments) if not. It also attempts to create larger regions of free space using compaction to impede the return of fragmentation. Some defragmenters also try to keep smaller files within a single directory together, as they are often accessed in sequence.

Method 1: Use the Properties of Your Local Disk

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties.
3. On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.
4. Click Defragment.

Method 2: Use Computer Management MMC

1. Start Computer Management MMC (Compmgmt.msc).
2. Click Disk Defragmenter.
3. Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.

Method 3: Use Disk Defragmenter MMC.

1. Start Disk Defragmenter MMC (Dfrg.msc).
2. Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.

References:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defragmentation