Most contemporary Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically. You can defrag your computer manually if you have Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. Defragmenting your computer helps ...

"Defrag" is short for "defragment," which is a maintenance task required by your hard drives. Most hard drives have spinning platters, with data stored in different places around that platter. When ...

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Defragging a hard drive was once so common it was almost a rite of passage for computer users. Many different disk utility and maintenance programs offered defragmentation routines as part of their ...

Q. I know I’m suppose to defrag my hard drive every now and then so it runs more efficiently. But every time I start a defrag, the function runs for a few minutes, stops and then starts all over again ...

Q. Often when I go to defrag my computer, I have to analyze the drive first to see if it needs to be defragged. Most of the time it says it doesn’t need to be. Is it OK to defrag anyway? Will it hurt ...

Diskeeper puts an end to scheduling “time out” for computer defragmentation For many, defrag has become a cumbersome task, requiring a user to schedule what can be hours of time away from the computer ...

Q A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while. He says it will boost performance, but he also said it will move my data around. I tend to be very organized as to ...

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Most contemporary Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically. You can defrag your computer manually if you have Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. Visit Business Insider's Tech ...