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 ...

Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

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 ...

I realise that defrag is supposed to help maintain the performance of your HD by keeping your files contiguous etc.; but it seems to me that when I defrag my hard drive I am actually putting it ...

i have 3 partitions and the first two (OS and documents) defrag perfectly with no problems. They have 8gb and 5 gb respectively. However, my big e drive doesn't defragment. I contains all my games, ...

Your PC works hard every day, running programs, storing files, and keeping you connected. Even the strongest hardware, however, can slow down over time if it isn't properly cared for. And nothing ...

Q: I just got a new ultralight notebook for when I travel. It has one of those super-fast solid-state drives. My maintenance program for my regular hard-drive computers in the office includes ...

Fortunately a fix is on the way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is currently testing a fix for Windows 10 bug that ...

The latest Windows 10 update appears to be running the automatic hard drive optimization process more often than it needs to. While this is a necessary part of a hard drive’s upkeep, and letting ...

Q: I have a Windows 10 computer, and the defragmenter command has stopped working on it. I tried running it as an administrator, but it still would not run. I also tried going to the C drive to ...