Run Defrag

What is file fragmentation? Essentially, it is the fact that when a file is saved on the hard drive, it will often get split into two or more sections, and stored in two or more physical locations on the disk. What this means is that when there is a request for the file, the hard drive must gather it up again from two or more locations. There is a slight performance loss, when this happens.

Defragging attempts to gather all the fragments into single locations, and speeds up file access

Windows disk defragmenter is a standard windows utility

Click: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> Disk Deframenter

For each drive ...

Click: Defragment

NOTE: This can take some time [ie., many minutes] to complete

I have written an MS Visual Basic Script which you can get here: DMHD.vbs
It will clean and defrag multiple hard-drives on win98 and xp. Right click and save as 'DMHD.vbs'. Double click file to launch.

NOTE: DMHD.VBS does not work with Vista

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