Monday, August 31, 2009

When To Run Disk Defragmenter

Disk fragmenting can help your computer system run more efficiently by re-organizing the filing system of your computer. Computer Tutor For Seniors recommends that you defrag on a monthly basis.

Other suggested times for defragging are:
  1. You've added a large number of files to your computer recently.
  2. Your free disk space totals 15 percent or less.
  3. You've installed new programs or a new version of Windows.

2 comments:

  1. Another option is to get an intelligent automatic defragmenter like Diskeeper09 which runs in the background and defrags using idle resources. It also defrags well with as less as 5% free space.

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  2. There is a program called CCleaner by piriform that works great to clean up your hard drive. I have been using it for free for years at home and at work. I work in the IT department and we use it on corporate workstations at times and it is FREE. :-) Free and good...great combo. Hope this helps someone.

    Scott

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