I was just wondering if anyone could help me out.Im really new to the computer and am having problems remembering how to defrag it.
Someone showed me how to do it once but I forgot and am now too embarrest to ask them again.

Cheers Freddy xx

>open "my computer"
>right click C: Drive
>click on "properties"
>click the "tools" tab


enjoy the 6 hour wait.


waste of time if you ask me though. If you keep everything organised in your comp, there is no need to defrag but my if put everything everywhere then i suppose you should...

The defrag doesn't have to do with how you put things in folders, or on your desk top, it deals with files that have been installed and need to be accessed quickly. Files the get scattered in different physical sectors on the hard drive which means that the hard drive has to spin more and do more work than it has to...

Think of it like alphabetising a file cabinet, it gets files into a better order so that you can find them faster if you have to search for something.

It is necessary to do so on occasion, as installing, writing, rewriting files tend to get scattered over different areas of the hard drive. It does have an effect on the speed of your computer, try running a benchmark program before and after to see what I am talking about. It wont change the speed of the processor calculations, but it will effect the speed of file access...

This is what Microsoft says about defragging: (For the technically inclined)

Defragmenter analyzes local volumes and consolidates fragmented files and folders so that each occupies a single, contiguous space on the volume. As a result, your system can access files and folders and save new ones more efficiently. By consolidating your files and folders, Disk Defragmenter also consolidates a volume's free space, making it less likely that new files will be fragmented. The process of consolidating fragmented files and folders is called defragmentation.

The amount of time that defragmentation takes depends on several factors, including the size of the volume, the number and size of files on the volume, the amount of fragmentation, and the available local system resources. You can find all of the fragmented files and folders before defragmenting them by analyzing the volume first. You can then see how fragmented the volume is and decide whether you would benefit from defragmenting the volume. For step-by-step instructions describing how to analyze or defragment a volume, see To analyze a volume and To defragment a volume.

Disk Defragmenter can defragment volumes that are formatted with the file allocation table (FAT) file system, the FAT32 file system, and the NTFS file system.

Thanks guys,I took your advice and have been able to defrag my computer.

It didn't take 6 hours,it was about half an hour.So didn't get too bored.

Cheers Freddy xx