Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches.

To schedule Disk Defragmentation on Windows 11/10 in order to improve your computer's performance, use the steps mentioned here.

Windows XP’s Disk Defragmenter took slightly longer than Diskeeper, at 3 minutes, 56 seconds, and it left more excess fragments but, oddly, fewer fragmented files.

In Windows 7, the built-in Disk Defragmenter utility runs automatically at scheduled times, usually once per week. This happens by default, so chances are good your hard drive is already defragged.

After installing Windows, when you display the list of disks for defragmentation from in the Disk Defragmenter tool, hidden partitions that are not mounted are also displayed.

Windows 2000 rectifies Microsoft's crucial utility omission, shipping with a pared-down, run-on-demand version of Diskeeper called Disk Defragmenter, though you can also purchase the full ...

He suggested I check Windows’ Disk Defragmenter. Sure enough, it was set to Run on a schedule, and the last time it ran matched up with the most recent slowdown.

Partitioning your hard drive is a great way to keep your data organized and cut down on the time it takes to run maintenance tasks such as disk defragmenter. Windows 7 provides tools to modify ...