: About Me

I'm a computer tech who lives in the mid-western United States with my wonderful husband and son.

Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance What is the process for defragmenting a hard drive

2 of 3

Defragmenting a computer's hard drive is one of the easiest ways to quickly enhance computer performance. As files and programs are added and removed from the computer's hard drive, bits and pieces of files are put in non-adjacent areas on the hard drive. This causes a decrease in access speed by the computer when you call for a file or program to open-the hard drive simply has to access more areas on the disk which are further apart. This doesn't sound like a large thing, but little things add up, and almost everything you do on your computer requires disk access. For most Windows based s...

More..

• Helium Charter Member