Imagine the following: you create a word document and save it. The document is split into tiny bits and accessed as such. At first, the bits are stored next to each other — the file is saved in a ...

For decades, desktop and laptop owners have been told to defragment their hard drives to get the best performance, especially on Windows-based PCs. Defragging reorganizes the drive so the operating ...

How often should you defrag a drive? I know you are suppose to after you move, use, change, or add a large number of files, but at what point does defragging a drive cause more wear and tear than it's ...

Have you tried putting the pagefile ( SWAP ) onto another disk?<P>Can Win2K defrag in SAFEMODE??? - have not tried it actualy?<P>I had Connection lost at first, but I always keep the PAGEFILE on ...