HOW TO DEFRAGMENT A HARD DRIVE ON A WINDOWS 7 PC

DEFRAGMENTING   IS   COMMONLY   CALLED    DEFRAGGING.   NO   MATTER  WHAT YOU   CALL   IT,   DEFRAGGING   OR    DEFRAGMENTING   YOUR   HARD DRIVE  WILL SPEED UP    DISK    PERFORMANCE.  IF   YOU   HAVEN'T    DEFRAGMENTED  YOUR PC'S  HARD DRIVE   IN  A   WHILE (OR EVER),    YOU'RE   IN   FOR   A   TREAT.  A   FRESHLY  DEFRAGMENTED   HARD  DRIVE   MAKES   YOUR    COMPUTER   SEEM   BRAND NEW.  YOUR   PC'S   MAIN   HARD DRIVE   IS   AUTOMATICALLY   DEFRAGMENED   ON   A REGULAR   SCHEDULE   WHEN   YOU    USE   WINDOWS 7.
EVEN  SO ,   YOU    CAN    MANNUALLY    DEFRAGMENTED  YOUR   HARD DRIVE   OR REMOVANBLE    STORAGE   MEDIA.   IN    WINDOWS 7,   FOLLOW   THESE   STEPS  TO PULL   A   MANUAL   DEFRAG   OF THE  PC'S  MAIN HARD DRIVE:

1 OPEN THE   COMPUTER WINDOWS.
2 RIGHT-CLICK THE MEDIA  YOU WANT TO DEFRAGMENT,  SUCH AS THE MAIN HARD DRIVE , C.
3 IN THE DRIVE'S PROPERTIES  DIALOG BOX, CLICK THE TOOLS TAB.

 

4  CLICK THE DEFTAGMENT NOW BUTTON.

 THE DISK DEFTAGMENT  WINDOWS APPEARS. RATHER THAN PLOW AHEAD  AND POTENTIALLY WASTE TIME DEFRAGMENTING A DRIVE THAT DOESN'T  NEED IT, CHECK THE MEDIA'S  CURRENT  FRAGMENTATION. 

5  CLICK THE ANALYZE DISK BUTTON .

6 WAIT WHILE WINDOWS CHECKS THE DEFRAGMENTATION ON THE MEDIA.

CHECK THE PERCENT FRAGMENT VALUE BY THE DISK IN THE DISK DEFRAGMENTER WINDOWS . IF IT'S ZERO, THERE'S NO POINT IN CONTINUING.SKIP TO  STEP 8.

EVEN WHEN THE DRIVE SHOWS 0 PERCENT FRAGMENTED FILES, YOU CAN STILL PROCEED WITH DEFRAGMENTATION. NO MEDIA CAN BE FULLY DEFRAGMENTED ,SO THE WINDOWS DEFRAGMENTER WILL ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING TO DO. 

7 CLICK  THE  DEFRAGMENT  DISK BUTTON 

WINDOWS DEFRAGMENTS THE MEDIA.SIT BACK AND WATCH, OR DO SOMETHING ELSE, THOUGH YOU SHOULDN'T  DO ANYTHING ON YOUR COMPUTER WHILE THE MEDIA IS BEING DEFRAGMENTED.

8 CLICK THE CLOSE BUTTON , AND CLOSE UP ANY OTHER WINDOWS YOU OPENED.

  YOU MAY NOT NOTICE ANY DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT IN DISK PERFORMANCE,ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HARD DRIVE IS FREQUENTLY  DEFRAGMENTED . BUT IF YOU JUST DEFRAGMENTED YOUR PC'S HARD DRIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME , PREPARE TO BE STUNNED.

YOU CANNOT DEFRAGMENT A NETWORK DRIVE.

DO NOT DEFRAGMENT A  MEDIA CARD OR FLASH DRVIE. THESE DRIVES HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF  "WRITES" AVAILABLE TO THEM.THAT IS ,THE MEDIA CAN SUPPORT   DATA BEING WRITTEN TO IT A FINITE NUMBER OF TIMES.THIS NUMBER CAN BE HUGE , BUT IT'S A REAL NUMBER; AFTER REACHING THE NUMBER, THE MEDIA BECOMES USELESS.BY NOT DEFRAGMENTING A MEDIA CARD OR FLASH DRIVE ,YOU AVOID ACCELERATING THE DEADLINE.

OPTICAL DRIVE CANNOT BE DEFRAGMENTED.

EVEN AFTER RUNNING THE   DEFRAGMENTATION  UTILITY ,FILE FRAGMENT REMAIN ON THE HARD DRIVE.THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF DISK STORAGE .PLEASE DON'T OBSESS AND RUN THE DEFRAGMENTATION UTILITIES OVER AND OVER, TRYING TO GET A PERFECTLY   DEFRAGMENTED   HARD DRIVE.

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