defrag........please help?

Question

i need to defrag my computer and also was wondering if anyone can give me info or a site for a free antivirus trial. thanks

Answer 1

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1/ start, all programs,accessories,system tools,defrag

Answer 2

AVG Antivirus is free and is a really good one. It's not a resource hog at all, checks incoming email for viruses, and automatically runs each day (if you want it to), and updates itself whenever an update is available. You can find it at:
http://www.grisoft.com
http://www.download.com

As far as defrag is concerned you can certainly use the Microsoft defrag utility as other have stated. However, I found it to be an extremely slow utility to run. I used to launch it and go to bed for the night and let it run while I was sleeping.

I found out about a program called Diskeeper. It runs defrag automatically whenever needed and it will run in the background and let you do your tasks as the priority to CPU use. It does cost $30 but to me it is well worth the money.

Check out the Publishers discription, the Editors Review, and the User Reviews at http://www.download.com

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

To defrag in Windows:

Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools> Disk Defrag

Why do you need an external program?

Answer 4

As the other people that answered, Windows XP does have a built in defragger. But IMO its not that great. Its slow. I recommend Diskeeper, much better and faster than the built in defragger that comes with XP.

http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/home/diskeeper.asp

As far as AV trials I recommend NOD32, far better than Norton AV and isn't bloatware like Norton.

NOD32 has a 30-day trial.

http://www.eset.com/

Answer 5

go to download.com and get AVG free antivirus. It works great.

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10596553.html?tag=lst-0-1

As far as defrag, it is part of XP. Go to all programs -> accesories -> system tools.

Run disk CLEAN UP BEFORE YOU RUN DEFRAG. If you have any errors and need to run chkdsk it will let you know.

Answer 6

for windows xp

click on the start button > run > type in "chkdsk /f" to fix any disk errors on your hard drive.

then click on the start button > all programs > accessories > system tools > defragmenter

all disk errors must be fixed or defrag will not work

Answer 7

http://www.iolo.com/sm/index.cfm

Answer 8

yeah tru http://www.free-av.com/