Defragment Disk Drive Volumes in XP and Vista effectively

[TheGreatOne]

If defragmenting the hard drive does not win space itself, it nonetheless greatly accelerate time-to-disk drive with as immediate profit, launches software faster and videos or games less jerky. The following manipulations apply to Windows XP and Vista.

Rather than using the Windows defragmenter, you should download the free software Disk Defrag, faster and effective tool from Microsoft.

Download Auslogics Disk Defrag

Step 1 - Click the Download button and then click Download Now to start the download.

Double-click the file diskdefrag_install to start installation. Click on Next three times and then click Finish. The main program window appears. Select a letter to defragment the hard place by the list under Select the disk you want to defragment:

Step 2 - Click Next. The process starts automatically. More your hard drive is completed, this will take more time. A progress bar fills up as green to indicate the progress of the task.

At the end of the operation, graphic information about the performance gain. The red bar shows the performance front, after the green bar, with just below it the percentage of improvement between the two.

Click Finish to close Disk Defrag or Back to start another defragmentation.

[Erskine]

How to Defragment Your Computer

When your computer writes information onto your hard drive, it does not always write information in the same location on the actual hardware. A section of a file can be written near the beginning of the disc, whereas the rest of that file could be written near the end. This causes programs to run slowly, as the computer spends time in retrieving these file clusters from all over the disc. Defragmenting your computer sorts all of your files [as well as free space] in an orderly manner, in effort to reduce loading time. Here is how to do it.

• Start Windows in Safe Mode. This is not mandatory, but it helps to avoid complications from other programs that are running in the background. This also speeds up and streamlines the process.
  
  
• Uninstall any programs you do not use or need. It is best to uninstall programs prior to a defragmentation, as the newly-acquired free space will generally be located all over the hard drive, thereby giving rise to fragmentation.
  
  
• Make sure that all unnecessary programs are closed. If you have already started in Safe Mode, then this has already been done.
  
  
• Cancel any programs that are scheduled to run. If you have not manually scheduled any programs to run, then skip this step.
  
  
• Delete any temporary files. This is done by running Disk Cleanup. To run the program, go to: START -> Run, and enter cleanmgr in the window.
  
  
• Run the Disk Defragmenter Program. Go to START -> Run, and enter dfrg.msc in the window. Alternatively, launch it by going to Start -> Programs (or All Programs) -> Accessories -> System Tools -> "Disk Defragmenter". A window similar to the one on the right should appear. Click Analyze so you can see what the damage is, and then look at the report. If you want to continue: Make sure that your desired drive is selected [C: being the default drive], and click on the Defragment button.
  
  
• Wait until the process is complete. Sit back and relax as your computer organizes your fragmented files.