When running programs that include hundreds of files, fragmenting can degrade the performance of your software and also your computer. As the hard drive getting more and more files like pictures, movies and so on it become fragmented.
Disk fragmentation could also be compare to a book that all of the pages have been rip off. This mean trying to read this book could take you forever because you would have to find every single page before reading it.
The Computer operating system like Windows has to do the same process to run programs, it must find all the files before executing your software. So that's why you have to defragment your Pc once and a while.
page yThat mean's is time to defragment your hard drive. It rearranges the files on your hard drive so they are back in order, which cuts down on access latency (the time it takes to access your files). Follow my guide to Defragment your hard drive using Disk Defragmenter on all Windows XP - 2000 based system.
1. To defragment your hard drive in Windows XP, first make sure you close all your program's before making a Disk Defrag open My Computer and right-click on the C: drive. Select Properties, then click on the Tools tab and select Defragment Now...
2. In the Windows Disk Defragmenter program will open and all drives are listed in the top window pane. Since the program is going to be arranging files on your hard drive, it is important that no files are being accessed during the process, or the program won't be able to move them. Close all open programs.
3. The C: drive is where operating system files and programs are installed by default, so make sure that it is selected, then click Defragment. While the program is running, it is recommend that you not use your computer. The time is takes to run the defragmenting process is dependent on the size of your hard drive and amount of fragmentation.
While the program is running you will see a graphical representation of the blocks of files on your hard drive being moved and the fragmented segments joined together. Usually the less gaps of free space between the contiguous segments the better, but as long as the fragmented files are put together into contiguous segments, it will help your computer's performance.
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