Windows XP System Tools Disk Defragmenter

Asked By anu17282 20 points N/A Posted on - 09/21/2011

What is disk defragmenter?

How does it work?

Does it help when the PC is slow?

Is there any other tool that works better than Disk Defragmenter?

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Answered By Sharath Reddy 590495 points N/A #126981

Windows XP System Tools Disk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmenter helps in improving the data access in the computer. It arranges the file fragments in the hard drive so that you will have the shortest amount of time possible when executing an application or loading a file. It sorts different file types and places them in the hard drive accordingly.

Defragmenting a hard drive is important especially after installing a fresh copy of Windows in a computer. It is necessary because all of the file fragments are still scattered in different sectors of the hard drive after the installation.

It will move all the file fragments in sectors that are close to each other so that when you access a file the computer can load it immediately and will not spend more time looking for the other half of the file located in other sectors of the hard drive.

All defragmenting programs are the same. They only differ in the presentation of tasks. But basically they have the same procedure in defragmenting hard drives.

If you are curious on other hard drive defragmenters, try searching and downloading other brands of disk defragmenters from the internet.

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Answered By kimanif 0 points N/A #126982

Windows XP System Tools Disk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmenter is a utility in Microsoft Windows designed to increase access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations.

Right click the “my computer” icon and on the menu click manage.

Computer Management window appears. On the right of the window there is a pane, navigate storage Disk Defragmenter.

On clicking the Disk Defragmenter details of disks will be displayed on to right.

Select the first drive then click the analyze button. You will get information whether to defrag or not, if defragmentation is required click the defragment button.

There are many utility software's that handle this task by a single click.

Examples are Tuneup utility, registry mechanic etc that you can download install and run.

 

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