Defragment Computer - Tips For Faster Defragmentation [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Defragment Computer - Tips For Faster Defragmentation [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Question by Paul: What exactly does a computer Defrag do? Hey everyone, I've been told by my friend and uncle that I should defrag my computer every once in a while...my question is; what exactly does defrag do? Will it delete any of my saved files,pics,videos, or anything else? Thanks in advance. Best answer for What exactly does a computer Defrag do?:

Answer by Doc D
no a defrag will not delete anything. when stuff is stored on a hdd platter it sometimes puts the information in different places on it instead of right next to each. all the defrag does is move the fragmented sections together so your searching and opening files can potentially perform faster.

Answer by Daniel
Should answer all your questions. Defrag is your friend.

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How to defragment your computer. This covers Windows XP, 7 AND vista so do not fear! Defragmentation is very important and should be performed at least once a month on ALL computers. Please see the video for full info! Thanks!

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It is known to all PC Users that it is necessary to defragment the computer regularly so as to greatly optimize computer performance. But if you have ever defragmented your computer with disk defragmenter before, you will find that it is a so time-consuming action. In this article, you will find some tips on how to get a faster defragmentation when noticing that your computer is running slow.

1) Close all running programs

It is needed for programs to repeatedly read the data from the hard drive when running, which will affect the defragment speed. In the case of system instability, it will sometimes crash the computer. So to get a faster defragmentation, you'd better close all running programs and it is more appreciated to boot the computer into windows safe mode before the defragmentation.

2) Modify the registry to automatically shut down the screen saver

If not, the defragmenter will start up again and again. Regarding that it will be very troublesome to manually turn it off every time, you can click Start -> Run ->enter Regedit to open registry editor -> locate HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware MicrosoftwindowsCurrentVersionApplets ->find whether this is "Defrag" key under this path (if not, go to create one)-> create a new key called "Settings" within the "Defrag" key -> create another key named "DisableScreenSaver" within "Settings" -> change the default string value to "YES". Hence, in the following defragmentation, the system will automatically turn off the screen saver.

3) Change the location of the temporary folder

IE will generate a large number of temporary files within the directory: Temporary Internet Files (normally in C:windowsTemporary Internet Files). Every time when we surfing the internet, the hard disk will frequently read / write these files, resulting in lots of fragments and slow down computer. To avoid this, you can design the temporary directory to another partition

A. Create a new directory in other partition to store the temporary files.

B. Click Start -> Control Panel -> double click Internet Options -> click Settings within Internet Temporary Files -> click "Remove folders" to the directory you just created.

4) Keep sufficient disk space

It will slow down the programs and the defragmentation when there is only a little space left down. So it is much better to retain sufficient disk space. Normally, it will be more than 15% available for relatively smaller hard disk partition, and 5% for bigger ones, and at lease 200MB for boot partition.

After the preparations above, you can go to defragment the computer in a much faster speed. But in my opinion, it will be better to depend on a professional defrag program to thoroughly defragment computer because of the lower efficiency of the window's built-in defragmenter.

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