Defragment your Disk Drives

Ever wonder why your Computer drops performance? There are many factors but one of them is because of fragmented files. Fragmentation of files happens when you save, edit, change or delete files. When there are changes or when you save the file, it is stored from a different location from your hard disk that is different from your original file. The more changes on your files, the more the files become fragmented and it can be a cause to make your computer slow down.

The Disk Defragmenter is the tool you need so you can rearrange your files and data so that your computer runs on tip-top shape like before. Disk Defragmenter is already installed in your Operating System so there is no need to download anymore.

How to Open Disk Defragmenter

1. Click on the Windows button on the lower left edge of the screen and click on All Programs





2. Next, find and click the Accessories folder then click on System Tools then click on Disk Defragmenter





3. Select which drive you want to Defragment but it is recommended to defragment all drives if you have different disk drives. Next, click Defragment Disk. It will take hours depending on how many files you have on your disk drive.

How to Open Disk Defragmenter using Command Prompt

1. Click on the Windows button on the lower left edge of the screen and type in "command prompt" and click Command Prompt on the list.





2. Type in Defrag [name of your disk drive] /A to view if the drive is needed to be defragmented. In this case I chose C:. After checking, just remove /A to defrag that disk drive.





3. If you want to cut the hassle, you can defrag all drives by typing in defrag /C.





4. FOR ADVANCED USERS: You can check out by trying these nice options to satisfy your needs in defragging your drive

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