Increase Computer Performance through Defragmentation

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Just like organizing your files in your home or office makes them more reachable and easier for you to find the information you need; defragmenting your hard drive on your computer fulfills this same task allowing your computer to access needed information more rapidly and is easy to do.

To get started simply go to your windows start menu. Locate the all programs option. Choose accessories and then system tools. In this menu you should see an option for the disk defragmenter program. Your menu may come into view different depending on the operating system you are using but the steps to getting to the systems tool menu should be the same for windows users. Select the disk defragmenter option by clicking on it and then simply choose to defragment now.

Defrag your hard drive when you write, create, or copy a new file, Windows will allocate space needed for that file. It will automatically write the new file in the first accessible empty space. The problem is that most often the available space is limited by other file resides right next to that space. If the on hand space is not sufficient, Windows will split the new file and assign the other part to another area of your hard drive. With more and more data are written this way, your file becomes fragmented because all the file’s parts are not in one location. This way, your computer needs to work harder to find all the pieces. As a result, performance slows over time. Defragmenting your hard drive will rearrange these files, reuniting the separated parts to make your files more quickly accessible. It should noticeably speed up the launch of programs and startup process. To run defragmenter using the built-in module in Windows XP and Vista, click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools then Disk Defragmenter.

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