1. To defragment your hard drive in Windows XP, open My Computer and right-click on the C: drive. Select Properties, then click on the Tools tab and select Defragment Now...
2. The Windows Disk Defragmenter program will
open and all drives are listed in the top window pane. Since the
program is going to be arranging files on your hard drive, it is
important that no files are being accessed during the process, or the
program won't be able to move them. Close all open programs.
3. The C: drive is where operating system files and programs are installed by default, so make sure that it is selected, then click Defragment. While
the program is running, it is recommend that you not use your computer.
The time is takes to run the defragmenting process is dependent on the
size of your hard drive and amount of fragmentation.
While the program is running you will see a graphical
representation of the blocks of files on your hard drive being moved and
the fragmented segments joined together. Usually the less gaps of free
space between the contiguous segments the better, but as long as the
fragmented files are put together into contiguous segments, it will help
your computer's performance.
4. Once the process is complete, the graphic should
display most of the contiguous files on the left and the majority of the
free space on the right. Close the Disk Defragmenter window and resume using your computer.
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