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 ...

Select Optimize. Once the defragmentation process is done, you will see OK in the Current status column. Windows 8.1 Open the Start menu by clicking on the Windows icon on the taskbar, and type defrag ...

It’s been a while since I defragged — years, probably, because these days for a number of reasons computers don’t really need to. But perhaps it is we who need to defrag. And what better way to defrag ...

Even with today's hard drives packing storage by the tens of gigabytes, performance can become anemic from the fragmentation of applications, system files and data over time. Defragmenting disks — and ...

Laptop hard drives are prone to the same defragmenting risks as desktop computers, except a few factors change in the severity of the risks. If you're using the ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 42% of PC users neglect to defragment their computers, according to a client-sponsored survey conducted by online opinion polling and market research service ...