The Facts About Defragmentation

Fragmentation is an unfortunate fact of computer use. It inevitably occurs because, as you create, delete, move, and modify files, your computer stores them in scattered places on your hard disk. This file fragmentation reduces your computer's performance and will slow down your surfing, so you should fragment your drive at least once a month using a special fragmentation utility.

This de fragment procedures makes a hard disk more fast When people install their software to the computer the hard disk drive’s performance become very slow.

Because data that stored on the disk are mixed with other files, those data work together, but from different places. By fragmentation these data stored in one place with its related data.

After do de fragmentation when open a file its sub directories work with it more faster.

Windows 95

First, check your disk for errors with Scan Disk. You can run this utility by clicking on the Start button and first selecting Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, then Scan Disk.

After scanning, go back to the Start menu and select Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk De fragmenter to defrag.

Windows 3.x

Exit to DOS. First, check your drive for errors by typing SCANDISK at the C: prompt and hitting ENTER. When Scan Disk finishes, exit the program. At the C: prompt, type DEFRAG C: where "C" is the letter of your hard drive, and hit ENTER.

Macintosh

Since the Mac OS has no built-in disk- scanning or de fragmentation utility, you'll need third-party programs like Disk Doctor and Speed Disk, which are part of Symantec's Norton Utilities. Many new Macs and OS upgrades now come with it, so look around you may already have it.