Most contemporary Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically. You can defrag your computer manually if you have Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. Defragmenting your computer helps ...

"Defrag" is short for "defragment," which is a maintenance task required by your hard drives. Most hard drives have spinning platters, with data stored in different places around that platter. When ...

For decades, desktop and laptop owners have been told to defragment their hard drives to get the best performance, especially on Windows-based PCs. Defragging reorganizes the drive so the operating ...

Defragging a hard drive was once so common it was almost a rite of passage for computer users. Many different disk utility and maintenance programs offered defragmentation routines as part of their ...

Back in the bad old days of computing, hard-drive defragmentation was a big deal. You needed a quality third-party “defragger,” and you needed to run it regularly—at least once a month—to ensure ...

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget ...

Diskeeper puts an end to scheduling “time out” for computer defragmentation For many, defrag has become a cumbersome task, requiring a user to schedule what can be hours of time away from the computer ...

Hi. I've recently had a problem with degragmenting a file equaling over 3GB in size. Common.mpq (World of Warcraft data file). I have O&O professional defrag utility and it doesnt touch it, and also ...

We recently highlighted personal development blogger Dragos Roua's suggestion to treat yourself as a computer to become the best version of yourself. One of his suggestions: Defrag your mind. Here's a ...

Enterprises are realizing the historic problems with their IT investments are a symptom of fear to invest in change. However CIOs are beginning to stray from the norm and rethink their IT strategy and ...