As files become increasingly fragmented on a hard drive, the machine's overall performance can take a hit. That's where Windows' defragging comes in.

Regularly defragmenting a system’s hard drive is not only relatively painless but can result in a noticeable performance boost. Here’s a quick rundown on how to defragment your hard drive: 1: Windows ...

Defragging your computer reorganizes the drive so the operating system can load programs and files faster. This guide shows you how in just a few steps.

Having computer problems? Here is how to defragment a hard drive or trim an SSD in Windows so you can get your PC back in working order.

A fragmented hard drive is a slow hard drive. If you want your system to run at peak performance, you should run a "defragger" from time to time. Defraggler is a free defragmentation utility that ...

Defragmenting your computer helps organize the data in your hard drive and can improve its performance tremendously, especially in terms of speed.

Defrag software will work to create bigger blocks on your hard drive so that when you make modifications to your files it can be saved and stored in one space. These larger blocks provide room for ...

Hard drives need defragging. All SSDs can use a good TRIM. But how and when? We'll tell you what to do and not do, and what's being done automatically.

If you're still thinking about your hard drive in Windows XP terms, it's time to learn how Windows 7 handles the not-so-big-deal that is defragmentation.

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 ...