How to Defrag a Hard Disk in Windows Vista and Windows 7
Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in the hard disk. What it does is organizing the files of the disk to arrange fragments of each file close together. It will most certainly create larger areas of free space using compression to impede the re-fragmentation. The result of this is faster processing of programs and files which is good and can save a lot of time when when users working on their PC’s. Although this is a tedious process it will surely help the PC restore it’s original performance.
Defragging a Hard Disk
1. Open Computer and right click on drive C: to select properties.
2. On the Properties window click on the Tools tab and click the Defragment Now button.
3. On the defragmenter window just click on the Defragment Now button.
4. Select what drive partition you want to defrag and click OK.
Note: Avoid doing anything else on the PC while the defragment is ongoing so that it will finish faster and it can defrag all files that it needs to.
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