I've got a trial copy of version 6.5 of O&O defrag and I was wondering how to defrag locked files (like the MFT, pagefile, and hibernation file). In the help file, it says something about setting up a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Defragmenting your drive, or defragging, used to be routine basic maintenance. But as our computers have evolved, so has the need to defrag. Here's why we don't need to do that anymore—and what we ...

I'm running WinXP and after a few weeks of downloading (lots of stuff), moving large files around and between drives, and installing games and software I noticed a very significant drop in performance ...