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 ...

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 ...

Most contemporary Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically. You can defrag your computer manually if you have Windows 7, 8, 10, or Vista. Defragmenting your computer helps ...

You've likely heard before that you should never defragment your SSD. Conventional wisdom says not only do solid state drives not need defragging, doing so would cause unnecessary writes to the drive.

Disktrix's $30 utility lets you defragment hard drives and other storage devices a little or a lot--and view the contents of individual drive clusters, among other options. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

The software is easy enough to use, once you find it. It's located in the Computer Management console, in the Administrative Tools. On Windows 2000 Professional, you access it from the control panel; ...

Q: I have a Windows 10 computer, and the defragmenter command has stopped working on it. I tried running it as an administrator, but it still would not run. I also tried going to the C drive to ...

To begin, open an elevated command prompt window. Type Defrag /? or defrag.exe and hit Enter. This will show you all the defragmentation options and command-line switches. /A Perform analysis on the ...

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QUESTION: I am trying to use the Windows Maintenance program in Windows 98 and it will not defrag the computer. I have the free Zone Alarm firewall. This may be stopping the defragging. Can you tell ...

The software is easy enough to use, once you find it. It's located in the Computer Management console, in the Administrative Tools. On Windows 2000 Professional, you access it from the control panel; ...