Defragment Hard Disk In Windows XP And Make Your Old PC Perform Like A New

If you are working on Windows compaq presario cq70-102tx keyboard, compaq presario cq70-103tu keyboard XP and your system is not working fast, then you must try defragmenting your machine to help it function more efficiently. If you do not have good idea on defragmenting, know that whenever you create or maybe copy new files on your hard disk, the operating system starts creating the files where there is available space. Often a file needs to be written in many places in fragments according to the space available on the hard disk. When your computer system needs to read a fragmented file, the hard disk spins and spindles moving at all the location of the fragments on the hard disk; this makes Windows slow to respond.

This is when defragmentation is required; while defragmenting, Windows gets all the fragments of a file close together that were scattered in a hard disk on different positions. This makes the disk access to read as well as modify files become faster and also enables Windows to perform with enhanced speed. You may do it yourself or can also contact an online technical support provider.

Using Windows Disk Defragmenter for Defragmenting

Do you know that Windows XP has a Disk Defragmenter tool? Well, this tool can be used for defragmenting the hard disk. For doing this, go to the “Start” menu and then go to “Programs” and then click on “Accessories”. The user must then choose “System Tools” and finally click on “Disk Defragmenter”. The Disk fujitsu lifebook s6120 battery, fujitsu lifebook s6130 battery Defragmenter tool can also be accessed by going to the “Start” menu and then click on “Run” for opening the dialog. Once the dialog box appears, the user must type “dfrg.msc” and then hit the Enter key.

Now the user must select a partition by clicking on it. Then the user must click on the “Analyze” button for analyzing. This helps decide whether the partition should be defragmented or not. In case, defragmentation is required, Disk Defragmenter tool will ask the user to proceed with the defragmentation. Click on “Defragment”; now defragmentation will start for the selected partition. The user may choose to stop or pause the defragmentation process as and when they wish to, by clicking on the “Stop” and “Pause” options respectively. The entire process will take a few minutes or a few hours; the time taken depends on the hard disk speed, hard disk size, system load, system speed, and other factors.

Using command line for defragmentation

The user can try defragmenting by using a command or can contact a computer repair service. The user goes to “Start” menu and clicks on “Run” to open the dialog, where “cmd” must be typed. The user then should hit the Enter key. In the command prompt Window that opens, one must type “defrag -a C:” for analyzing partition C: in case it requires defragmentation or not. If the partition requires defragmenting, the user must type “defrag C:” to defrag C: partition.

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