>What is Defrag
Introduction - What is Defrag
You may need to defrag your computer hard drive after a few months of usage because the computers hard drive becomes fragmented causing the performance of the hard disk to dramatically decrease.
What does the Disk Defragmenter do?
The disk defragmenter tool helps reduce fragmentation on the hard drives by organising the files physically in a line together this means the hard drive does not have to go as far when it spins to read it.
Why should I use Disk Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter can dramatically increase performance on your system as things will be able to execute and open faster than if they were on a fragmented disk, this results in a fast running computer similar to that of when you first got your computer.
For more infomation on how defrag fixes your computer view our "Defrag fixes slow computers" page, and we have tutorials on how you can defrag your hard drive.
We also highly recommend you view our top defrag programs these are much better than the free Microsoft one and often include many more utilities. Now you know what defrag is you can speed up your computer.
