What is Disk Defragmenter?
Disk Defragmenter is a utility provided by Windows ME/2000/XP. This utility rearranges the data on your hard disk in order to improve performance of your computer. Windows 98 defragmenter will even optimize the programs which are loaded on your computer to start faster after monitoring which software programs you access the most frequently. You should defragment your hard disk at the very least once per month. If you frequently use your machine and install and uninstall software programs often, then you should defragment your drive once per week. You can automate this task if you leave your computer on by using Task Scheduler.