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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...