Over time I have read both pro and con arguments about defragging hard drives. Some "experts" say it is helpful and speeds up computer usage. Others say it is a waste of time. Both sides have ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...

Defragmentation and disk optimization in Mac OS X collectively represent an issue nearly as contentious as the debate over repairing disk permissions — one camp argues that utilties purportedly ...

Auslogics Software has just released Disk Defrag Pro 4.1 - an updated version of its professional defragmenter with expanded support for solid state drives. Online, October 22, 2012 (Newswire.com) - ...

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!” To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering from ...

Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day. Back then, you’d use it to theoretically speed up disk access. Today, you can run a fun simulation right ...

The disk defragmenter in Windows Vista leaves much to be desired. A couple of months ago, I recommended Auslogics’ Disk Defrag as a free alternative. What that program lacks is the ability to defrag ...

I'm about to run a Diskeeper 2010 Pro Premier defrag but wanted to check around first as I have heard of 3rd party defraggers upsetting the Windows directory and preventing the PC from properly ...

Defragging your drive was once a ritual. It largely got left in the past, but there are exceptions worth knowing.

It’s no secret that computers (like their users) slow down with age. Disks fill up with the detritus of use, from old file fragments to the echoes of programs that once lived but are now remembered ...

When my family got our first home computer in the mid-90s, I vividly remember my father drilling into us the importance of defragging the hard drive at least once a week to keep it running smoothly.