Upon asking friends how often they defragmented their computer, I was amazed at how many people didn’t even know what that was. Defragmentation is necessary to keep your computer running fast and smooth. It’s easy to get to on Windows, just go Start Menu > Programs > Accessories and see if it’s there. If there’s no icon that says ‘Disk Defragmenter, so to Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools and it should be in there.
Also, use Disk Cleanup (found in the same folder as Disk Defragmenter) regularly. It gets rid of old, useless files; ones that have no purpose. It also compresses old files, deletes some cookies… Using it once on one of my friends computer, I cleared up nearly 500 thousand KB of disk space.
I tend to use Disk Cleanup three or four times a week, and Defragmenter once or twice a week. If you haven’t used either in a month or more, or even if you have, head into your Start Menu and use them.
*Note: Use Disk Cleanup before you use Disk Defragmenter for best results.
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