What is 'defragging', and why should I do it?

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Do your comments about defragging also apply to the program "registry optimizer"?

Thanks
Troy

Posted by: troy at April 18, 2008 7:22 PM

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No. This article applies to registry cleaners and
optimizers:
http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_best_registry_cleaner.html

Leo

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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at April 19, 2008 10:52 AM

what an analagy about book being a harddrive

Posted by: Anonomys at May 21, 2008 7:39 AM

Thanks alot Leo. I seen my optimizer say that it was reccomended for a defragmentation and i wanted to know what i was doing first. Thankyou!

Posted by: Brad at July 13, 2008 6:24 PM

hi.. do we need to power on our pc if we schedule to defrag at night or early in the morning even if we're away from our pc's? thanks..

Nothing will happen unless the PC is turned on.

-Leo

Posted by: anonymous at July 23, 2008 4:24 AM

Excellent article, extremely helpful.
But I'm having a problem, I can't save the Notepad file because it's saying I need permission from the Administrator or something. But my user account *is* the Administrator account on my machine? I'm running Vista if that helps... Thanks!

Posted by: Sas at September 3, 2008 12:29 AM

hi LEO sir, really very beautifully written that even a layman like me can also understand.humbly saying sir i am very impressed.easy to understand means you have done a lot hardwork thanks a million sir.

Posted by: Rajinder at September 18, 2008 2:44 AM

Defragmentation is complete for: HP_PAVILION (C:)

Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.
Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files can you tell me why this comes up and the defragmentation does not finish? Thank you

Defragging can fail on certain files if they're too large (not enough free space on the drive), if they are system files, or in some cases if they are in use and locked. You'll have to look at the log that the messages it telling you about to see what files are not defragged.

And for the record: it's ok if some don't. I wouldn't worry about it.

- Leo
22-Sep-2008

Posted by: Raymond Anderson at September 21, 2008 5:25 PM

I have Windows ME. (There is no "manage" box when right clicking on "My Computer".) How do I perform this operation?

Posted by: iamawriter at December 29, 2008 12:29 PM

when using defrag it brings your computer back up to the speed it was when new not faster

Posted by: Terry at April 2, 2009 7:57 AM

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