Over years and
continuous usage, the performance of the computer degrades very much. No matter
how fast your computer ran, eventually it will slow down giving you a sinking
feeling to have lost your old speedy computer. But, no worries, there are
several methods through which you can regain the performance of your system as
it was when you purchased it. Defragmenting (also called defragging) is one
such method.
Defragmenting
the hard drive of your computer will speed up disk
performance. If you haven’t performed this on your computer for a while, then
you are in for a treat. Your Windows 7 PC’s main hard drive is defragmented on
a regular schedule automatically. Even so, it is a good thing to defragment
your hard drive or removable storage media manually. To perform a manual defrag
of the PC’s main hard drive, follow the instructions mentioned below:
Windows 7 support instructions to defragment a hard
drive
·
Open the Computer window.
·
Right-click on the hard drive
you want to defragment, such as the main hard drive, C.
·
Click the Tools tab in the drive’s Properties
dialog box.
·
Select the Defragment Now button. The Disk
Defragmenter window will appear. Check the media’s current fragmentation
rather than plowing ahead and wasting time defragmenting a drive that doesn’t
require it.
·
Select the Analyze Disk button.
·
Wait until Windows checks the
defragmentation on the media. In the Disk
Defragmenter window, check the Percent Fragmented value by the disk.
There’s no point in continuing if it’s zero. Then continue to the next step.
You can still proceed with defragmentation even when the drive shows 0 percent
fragmented files. Full defragmentation of any media is
not possible, so the Windows Defragmenter will always find something to do.
·
Select the Defragment Disk
button. Windows will defragment the media. Do not do anything on your computer
while the defragmentation process takes place.
·
Click on the Close
button, and close up any other windows you opened.
That’s all
what the Windows 7 support team advices you to do in order to defragment the
media to increase the performance of your computer. Thank you for your time,
take care and have a great day!
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