How to Schedule Vista to Automatically Defrag the Hard Drive

Fragmentation can occur on your computer over time that results in your computer running slower than it should. Because this occurs repeatedly over time, it's a good idea to set your computer to automatically run a defrag at scheduled times. If your computer’s disk defragmenter is not set up to automatically defragment your system at a scheduled time, but you would like to set it up to do so, follow these steps:

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 

   Click on the Start button and go to All Programs
   Select the Accessories folder
   Select the System Tools folder
   Click on Disk Defragmenter

2. 

   When the Disk Defragmenter Options screen appears, place a check next to Run on a Schedule and click on the Modify Schedule button.

3. 

   In the Modify Schedule box, select the schedule settings you want from the available drop down menus and click on OK.

4. Close out of the Disk Defragmenter. Your computer should then automatically run a defrag at the scheduled time you selected.

Tips & Warnings

• It is a good idea to set your computer to automatically defrag the system once every other week or once a month, depending on how often you work on your computer.