What is Defragmenting a Computer?
Over time and with regular use, files and folders on your computer’s hard drive break down or become fragmented. This can cause your system to run more slowly and to experience processing problems. Defragmenting your computer generally improves retrieval time and overall performance. For example, a computer program must access various files on your hard drive every time you try to run it. If those files are spread out on opposite sides of your hard drive instead of gathered and organized neatly, as they are supposed to be, your computer will have to work extra hard and take extra time to access the information it needs. In some cases, severe defragmenting may even cause a program to stop running entirely. Defragmenting, also referred to as “defragging,” reorganizes your hard drive by putting pieces of related data back together so that files are organized in a contiguous fashion. As a result, your computer system can access files more efficiently. By efficiently organizing your files a
