The built-in Windows Disk Defragmenter has been much improved upon, and more so in Windows 11/10, and is considered to be much better than its predecessors. The defrag engine and the manageability of ...

The Disk Defragmenter in Windows is automatically scheduled to run at 1.00 am, by default, which means that you don’t really need to run it manually. But if you find that you are unable to manually ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!” To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering from ...

Your computer works hard to do the tasks you ask of it, shuttling data to and fro. Sometimes it isn't the best housekeeper, however, and files aren't always filed away as neatly as they should be.

This article originally appeared in TechProGuild. If you're supporting the Windows 98 operating system, chances are that you've encountered the mind-numbing problem in which Disk Defragmenter is ...

Nicole Cozma has an affinity for all things tech, but also dabbles in amateur photography. Based on Florida's Suncoast, she enjoys being a spectator to superb sunsets and lightning storms. Windows 7 ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Hewlett-Packard+Company.html desktop: Roughly ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...