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Run your spyware, antivirus, move any files you want to re-arrange, and/or anything that could cause large amounts of data to be shifted. You may want to disable any programs that actively use your hard drive during the scan to prevent any hickups (although these wouldn't ruin your computer if left running).
Analyze your disk, see if you need to defrag, and if it says you do, defrag. Constant defragging of drives could be bad as you are moving large chunks of data and potentially 'wearing out' the drive. In normal cercumstances you shouldn't need to defrag but once every few months.
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Which action should be taken to start the defragment utility when using the Windows XP Category View?
Double-click My Computer, right-click the disk to defragment, and choose Properties > Tools > Defragment Now.
It is always recommended to do a disk defragment before a scandiskchkdsk?
No. Chkdsk may find disk errors relating to bad sectors. You want to correct these errors, locking out the bad sectors, before you defragment the disk. This is because a defrag will rearrange vast amounts of information that is on the disk, and you don't want portions of previously-readable files moved to bad sectors and be thus made unreadable.
How do you defragment a iPod drive?
The same way you defragment a normal PC hard drive. Hook it up, right click the drive in My Computer, go to tools, an among, disk clean up and error checking, there should be the option to defragment it. Once your there, just click defragment.
What tool can you use to defragment your volumes by recopying fragmented files to contiguous space on the disk?
Disk Defragmentation
Should a laptop gone through formatting every several months?
Not formatting, rather Disk Clean & Disk Defragment needs to be done as maintenance every 3 months depending upon what you do on it.
What is the best defragment software?
Perfect disk, they even claim that it supports SSDs.
By default how often does disk defragment run automatically in windows vista?
Monthly
A utility that reorganizes the files on a computer's hard disk so they are stored in contiguous sectors is called?
Disk Defragmentation
What is the simplest way of optimizing space in hard disk?
It's called disk defragmenting, Vista, Start Menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter It should be scheduled, unless you changed it, for 3 a.m. You can change that if you click Modify Schedule. You can also choose which disks to defragment with the Select Volumes button. If you want to defragment now, click Defragment Now, like you coulded have guessed that. It can take from a few minutes to a couple hours. Sorry, but I've forgotten how to do it with xp. Hope this helps!
What does the Disk Defragment do besides scanning hard drive?
that all it programed to do speeds up you OS
How can you boost your computer perfomance without buying hardware?
First you disk clean, then you disk defragment. Both are under the System Tools. To get to System Tools, click on Start, click on All Programs, click Accessories, move over to System Tools, then click on Disk Clean. Do the same for Disk Defragment. This should be done after purchasing a new computer, and once every 3 months as maintenance. To really boost performance, you WILL have to purchase upgraded RAM that "fits" and does not exceed manufacturer specifications.
What is meant by defragment?
To organize the way that files are stored on a computer disk, so that all the information belonging to a file, is stored on a single contiguous area on the disk.
