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A fight broke out between two
computer geeks and this line was said in anger, "Go
Defrag yourself!" Whoooah, can you believe that geeks
could be so brutal with each other...well, Defragging
isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing, really it is.
When you install and delete programs on your computer
it stores it in different areas, the more you install
or delete the more fragmented your hard drive is...this
basically means that instead of all the information and
computer programs being in one neat place, there are bits
of data all over the place (over simplified, but for the
sake of everyone understanding that's what happens).
When your drive is fragmented it will make it slower,
make it run a little sluggish, and could even cause some
computer problems. So, we're going to learn how
to defrag a hard drive (basically neaten up where everything
is stored).
Quick
way to get to defrag program:
First you want to click on the Start button (located in
the lower left of your screen)...now depending on what
operating system you're using this next step might be
a tiny bit different for you, but its pretty much the
same...go to All Programs if you're in XP then select
Accessories and then system tools....in the system tools
you'll find the defrag program which will look like this:
Now, you can click the
Analyze button and that will tell you if your hard drive
needs to be defragged...if it doesn't you don't have to,
if it does you click on the Defragment button. Then
the program will begin defragging your hard drive.
These steps are almost
exact for Windows 98, just click on Start, Accessories,
System tools and you'll find your defrag program there.
The defrag will look similar to the XP one, only not as
good looking :o) Just proceed and defrag hard drive.
It's just that simple.
You can also access the
defrag program by going to my computer and right clicking
on the hard drive and then clicking properties and then
going to the tool menu.
Defragging might take
awhile depending on how fast your system is and how big
your hard drive is...also note that in windows 98 you
might have to exit out of your Virus Scanning program
if you can't defrag. Sometimes the virus scanner
will cause troubles with win 98's defrag program...I haven't
had this problem on Windows XP or 2k...so I believe it
is a Win 98 and 95 problem.
So, as we began this article, when someone says, "Go
defrag yourself" do it, you'll feel better for it
and your computer will thank you! |
