If it were up to me, I’d never defragment my PC’s drives. I’m one of those people who prefers to have Windows’ maintenance operations done in the background, without my direct intervention. So it ...

Spread the loveEver feel like your Windows 10 PC is dragging its feet, taking forever to open files or launch applications?

I move an awful lot of large files among disks (both among partitions and physical disks, if it matters) and I'm concerned of having lots of defragmented files. It's kind of a pain in the ass that ...

QUESTION: Defrag works only bit by bit, and it's so slow it would take a whole day to complete. What can I do to speed it up? Hans Schutz ANSWER: Make sure that when you run defrag, there are no ...

Although many users have heard the term “defragging a drive,” a surprising number don’t know why it’s necessary or how to do it. Fortunately, this built-in Microsoft Windows tool is small, effective ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...