Disk Fragmentation: The Monster in Your Drive Bay
Lets face it, Hard Drives are dull. They are one of the most forgotten about computer components and hence most people don’t show their drives a lot of love. However, if you don’t put together a regular routine to keep your drive optimized then the rest of your system will suffer.
De-fragmenting your drive regularly is crucial for keeping your PC ticking along nicely. TigerDirect News have put together a fantastic guide for looking after your Hard Drive which explains what are the common things that can go wrong and how to fix them.
Tip: Click here to run a free scan for common PC errors
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Thanks for the info :) The article recommends Diskeeper, but I was wondering if there was an opensource or freeware alternative?
Hey Mosey!
I did a little looking around, and it seems that IOBit Smartdefrag is a recommended title in the Freeware space.
Hope this helps!
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TigerDirectNews
Hi TigerDirect News,
Thanks for your reply! :D I’ll take a look now ^^
Mosey
To me its like a silent disease that can slowly destroy the performance of the HDD. I have had enough of the nightmares associated with HDDS including one unpleasant death of a drive ( could not recover my data, one of the reasons being that it was fragmented and full beyond words)