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The following is a basic overview on the new Windows7
Disk Defragmenter Program
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Windows7 has a reasonably good disk defragmenter built in. |
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You can analyze how defragmented each of your disks or partitions are as well as schedule the defrag process |
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Click on Start and type in Defrag. This should start the Disk Defragmenter |
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You will see a screen similar to the following one |
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The default schedule is to run a degrag at 1:00 in the morning. To change this, click on the Configure schedule button |
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From here you can schedule the frequency (daily, weekly, monthly), the Day, the Time and what disks you want to defrag. You can also turn off the scheduling completely. |
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From the main screen, you can also highlight a disk and select Analyze Disk or Defragment Disk. From the first screenshot, you can see where the C: and D: drives have already been analyzed. |
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If you start a defrag, you will see the status similar to the following screenshot |
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