In order for your hard drive to run a it's best it needs to be defragged. To simplify this is to say the computer takes all like files and info and pulls them back to their group or file. In doing this it will save your hard drive time from searching to put these files back together to complete a task. Depending on how often you add info and use your computer determines how often you should defrag. The defrag software has a analyze feature to see if it is needed. Go to start then programs, accessories, system tools then defragmenter. Click on the analyze button it will show a chart of fragmented and good files. There will be some files that are not moveable. You can set it up for this process to take place at non peak hours at least once a week and with a few other tweaks watch your computer improve it's speed.
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My chart shows a drive which looks like its bloodstained! completely red, as if some deadly disease has struck it. But then i guess thats what happens if you dont do anything abt the growing fragmentation for years:(My comp now slugs along like taking endlessly long to complete any task.
"There will be some files that are not moveable".
These may be system files like the MFT, paging file, restore points etc. While the windows defragger does not defrag those files routinely, the Diskeeper 11 that I use has options for defragging some of those during boot-time. Scheduling is also a breeze with Diskeeper's automatic defragment, but I normally leave it on full auto.
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