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Disk Fragmentation: The Monster in Your Drive Bay

March 29th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

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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.

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#1

Comment by Mosey on 30 March 2007:

Thanks for the info The article recommends Diskeeper, but I was wondering if there was an opensource or freeware alternative?
#2

Comment by TigerDirect News on 3 April 2007:

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!

Sr. Editor
TigerDirectNews
#3

Comment by Mosey on 4 April 2007:

Hi TigerDirect News,
Thanks for your reply! I’ll take a look now ^^

Mosey
#4

Comment by yuziko on 17 July 2007:

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)