Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

Windows 11/10 automatically defragments the disk. While you can always manually defrag a disk, you can also schedule its run. In this article, we are going to see how to schedule Disk Defragmentation ...

i thought one of the advantages of NTFS over FAT was that it didn't fragment? ie, why the need to defrag ntfs at all?<P>i can't think of how defragmenting a hardware raid array would work tho, as the ...

Although many users have heard the term “defragging a drive,” a surprising number don’t know why it’s necessary or how to do it. Fortunately, this built-in Microsoft Windows tool is small, effective ...

I move an awful lot of large files among disks (both among partitions and physical disks, if it matters) and I'm concerned of having lots of defragmented files.<BR><BR>It's kind of a pain in the ass ...

Q. When I defragment my C drive, the graph goes only to 10 percent before I get a message that says the drive's content changed. How can I correct this problem? Q. When defragmenting, drive C gets to ...

This article originally appeared in TechProGuild. If you're supporting the Windows 98 operating system, chances are that you've encountered the mind-numbing problem in which Disk Defragmenter is ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2003. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. A. The most likely ...

ANSWER: With Windows 98, and all Windows versions in fact, there is almost always something running and that is what is restarting your Defrag. Down by the clock is an area that is for background ...