You may leave your computer now to perform this task and peel potatoes.This will alter the Hard Disk and thus the Defragmenter will start again from the beginning. DO NOT play or run any other programs while Defragmenter is running.This will give you details of what all the box colours represent. On the bottom right corner, you can Select 'Legend' if wish.This way you can watch your Hard Drive rearrange itself. On the second window, Select Show Details.Under "Which Drive do you want to Defragment?" make sure 'Drive C Physical Drive is selected'.Now you are ready to run Disk DefragmenterĬlick on Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Defragmenter. Select on ok down the bottom to close this off.Ĭlick on Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Scandisk.On the right of this little window, scroll up to the top and select None.Under Screen Saver, drop the arrow down.Select Properties at the bottom of the menu.
This can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on the size of your Hard Drive and the Amount of information and programs stored on itĭO NOT have any programs running when you run Defragmenter Windows 98 and ME First turn off your Screen saver. It's generally considered a good idea for the average user to defrag once every 3 months or so. When the 'defrag' program is run it really just puts the pieces back together, and organises your HDD so that your data loads faster. In a nutshell your HDD becomes disorganised and the HDD has a rough time finding things easily, this ultimately causes your machine to run slower Your HDD will have to grab some data from one part of the disk then grab some other data from another part. In the course of using your machine your system writes data to the HDD, your computer automatically writes your data to the first available spot on your HDD.Īs the days and months pass your HDD will tend to get very "messy" or fragmented.Ī fragmented HDD takes a little more time to read then a defragmented drive. "Defraging" a hard drive simply optimises or organises the placement of files on the physical surface of the drive itself.