I have not de-fragged for a long time, and have been told I should do so soon -- but I've forgotton how. Can someone give some step-by-step directions?
2006-09-04 11:52:52 · 8 answers · asked by Woollcott 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Open the Start Menu, go to Accessories, then to System Tools and click on the Disk Defragmenter.
2006-09-04 11:55:54 · answer #1 · answered by Green Alex 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-06 10:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right click on the drive icon. Select properties. Go to Tools tab, and then to Defragment Now.
Its a good thing to defrag after deleteing a bunch of files, otherwise you loose a lot of space.
2006-09-04 11:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by #Reistlehr- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is for Windows XP...right click on the drive you want to defrag and click properties then tools and then defrag, defragging isn't going to fix any problems you might have...you should only defrag if you download and deleat alot of stuff all the time. it will just put things back in the order they should be in...I only defrag once or twice a year, and i download and delete alot...try running a disc scan occasionally in stead of defragging alot. just my opinion.
2006-09-04 11:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Tank Stillton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your operating system...
Windows XP...
Start / Accessories / System Tools / Disk Defragmenter
2006-09-04 11:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by Kaia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
click on the start menu of your taskbar,
then click programs off that sub-menu,
then click on accesories,
and the click system tools,
then it should say it ther
2006-09-04 11:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by money 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Start and then to Control Panel and click on defrag.
Do it often so it wont slow your computer down.
2006-09-04 11:55:49 · answer #7 · answered by brock 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
start then programs then accessories then system tools then defragment
2006-09-04 11:57:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋