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Defragging arranges file fragments contiguously. It's always faster to read a file that is contiguous and to write a file in contiguous free space, that's why defragging helps a lot. The best is...

Yes, disable IPV6, it sometimes slows down file transfers especially if you have systems with both XP and 7/Vista on the same network.
Also
1. check the health of the destination and source hard...

Don't listen to the doubters; its it's a Windows system, you *have* to defragment it regularly to maintain high performance. I personally feel that the Windows native defragger is quite inadequate...

First and foremost, run diagnostics with the hard disk manufacturer's disk monitoring utilities; these can be downloaded from their website for free.

You could also have filesystem corruption....

The Windows defraggers, especially the default ones found in Vista and Win7 are very slow and inefficient. They can take very long even on fast systems with small HDDs. It's better to get a nice...

The constant grinding of the HDD could be due to several reasons from the software side:
1. anti-virus scanning in the background. Disable the scan and/or replace the anti-virus software that you...

In my experience, it is the best by far since not only is it fully automatic but also prevents a lot of the fragmentation from occuring in the first place. Any defragger that minimizes the need for a...

What version of windows are you using and what defragger? In any case, the default windows defragger simply cannot defrag several types of system files, large files, in low space conditions etc, and...

Windows 7 native defragger doesn't defrag as fast or as comprehensively (esp system files defrag) as the better third party defraggers. Also, the lack of full fledged GUI and control options can...

I use Diskeeper 2009 Pro on XP Pro SP3. It's really excellent - very powrful and very flexible regarding the options to run it. It works best as an automatic defragger, and with Invisitasking (uses...

Although the win 7 defragger defragger has some improvements over the Vista one, it still falls short when compared to commercial defraggers. The 7 defragger is still slow, still does not show a...

My favourite defragger is Diskeeper 2009. It's really powerful - defrags system files, page file (boot-time defrag) and is very flexible...you can leave it on full auto background defrag...

If it's just a data DVD you want to create, then Imgburn and cdburnerXP are two excellent freeware applications. You can also burn ISOs and audio discs with them.
http://cdburnerxp.se/...

I hope Deus Ex 3 returns to the roots and is more like the original Deus Ex and not the rubbish DE2. The first DE is one of the greatest games I've played.:thumbup1:

My most anticipated game is...

Your disk must have been nearly very full at one time, or you must have had a very large number of files on the volume for that to happen.:ohmy:

You can download the free trial version of...

Yes, some system files are unmovable (eg Hiberfile.sys) during online defrag. However, newer defraggers can process some of the previously unprocessable files online..eg on XP, my Diskeeper 2009 pro...

The most reliable and the best one I've used has been Diskeeper 2009 professional
http://www.diskeeper.com
I use it on three systems at home presently, and it works perfectly on all of them.

Best defragmenter IMO is Diskeeper 2009, so that's what I always recommend. I use the Professional version on XP, and have previously used it on Vista Home premium, and it works really well....

The Vista defragger does not have a proper graphical interface or progress indicator; and it's also very slow to run, especially on larger drives that have many files, so it's difficult to predict...

What is the error message when you try to run defrag or chkdsk?

First try to solve the chkdsk problem. Are you using the right syntax for chkdsk? Instructions for running chkdsk are here...

Defragmentation is the opposite of fragmentation.

When a file is written to the hard drive, it may get split up into fragments, resulting in "fragmentation". Reading a fragmented file takes...