Defragging a hard drive was once so common it was almost a rite of passage for computer users. Many different disk utility and maintenance programs offered defragmentation routines as part of their ...

Q A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while. He says it will boost performance, but he also said it will move my data around. I tend to be very organized as to ...

File fragmentation is one of the constants of Microsoft’s, and other, operating systems. On a brand-new drive, the first files written are all written to contiguous parts of the drive, making for the ...

I have my main computer running dual-head, and computer #2 (with its own KB and mouse) plugged into the secondary input of my main monitor. #3 is a laptop, and #4 (when it's running; it's currently ...

It's awash. All I stated is that for the OP's use of her computer, defragging is a waste of time (most likely, IMO, et al).