How to defragment your hard disk drive
To defragment you hard disk drive (e.g. check every month or two):
1. [LEFT double click] on MY COMPUTER icon (on your desktop)
If icon not on your desktop, do the following:
a. On your desktop, in a blank area, [RIGHT click]
b. [LEFT click] on PROPERTIES
c. [LEFT click] on DESKTOP
d. [LEFT click] on CUSTOMIZE DESKTOP
e. [LEFT click] on the blank box just to the left of MY COMPUTER
f. [LEFT click] on OK
g. [LEFT click] on OK (again)
2. [RIGHT click] on the C: disk drive icon
3. [LEFT click] on PROPERTIES
4. [LEFT click] on TOOLS
5. [LEFT click] on DEFRAGMENT NOW
6. [LEFT click] on the Volume called C:
7. [LEFT click] on ANALYZE (this may take a few minutes)
8. If it says “You do not need to defragment this volume.”, then:
a. [LEFT click] on CLOSE
b. [LEFT click] on FILE (upper left corner)
c. [LEFT click] on EXIT
d. [LEFT click] on OK
9. If it needs to be defragmented, then:
a. [LEFT click] on DEFRAGMENT
b. This will take a while, but you can continue to do other things on your PC, however the PC may perform sluggishly while it is defragging.
c. When it has completed the defrag, you will get a message: “Defragmentation is complete for C: — Some files on this volume could not be defragmented. Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.”
d. [LEFT click] on CLOSE
