Fragmentation builds your hard disk do additional work that can slow down your PC. Disk Defragmenter reorganizes split data so your hard disk can work more capably. Disk Defragmenter runs on a schedule, but you can also defragment your hard disk physically.

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Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the Start key, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking System Tools, and afterward clicking Disk Defragmenter. If you are provoked for an administrator password or verification, type the password or give affirmation.

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Click Defragment Now.

Disk Defragmenter may acquire from some minutes to a few hours to finish, depending on the mass as well as amount of fragmentation of your hard disk. You can still make use of your PC during the defragmentation procedure.

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Advanced consumer can make use of the command line tool Defrag.exe to make full reports as well as execute additional advanced tasks. For additional in-depth information, go to the Microsoft website for IT professionals.