How to keep your Hard Drive running fast and smooth by using Disk Defragmenter.

This article will show you how to keep your Hard Drives in top shape by running a utility that is automatically installed on your PC!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Windows XP
• Patience

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   Click on your "Start" button, then click on "My Computer". This will bring up the "My Computer" window.

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   Under the "Hard Drives" section right click on the drive you wish to Defragment (Most likely your (C:) drive) and select "Properties".

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   In the "Properties" window click on the "Tools" tab and under "Defragmentation" click on "Defragment now...".

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   In the "Disk Defragmenter" window click on "Defragment" and it will start the process.

Tips & Warnings

• Your drive gets fragmented any time you install/uninstall things on your PC.
• If your Hard Drive is fragmented, you will notice a large speed increase after this process is completed.
• Just my regular warning here: I am not responsible for any damage you cause to your computer.

[KatieDean]

on 10/13/2008 This is a great article, I just had to do this to my computer. I was trying to write so many articles a day and it was terrible because it was just so slow. Thank you for giving out this information. 5*