Please take the time to read this. It may be useful to you and your computer.

Well, I just defragged my computer, and now it runs pretty fast! Opening IE is much faster than normal, as well as opening programs.

Now I know that no one really has time to defrag there computer for the 2+ hours it takes, because that would just take away precious computer time! You may wonder why I defragged my computer, well, I like a fast computer and defrag puts all the little pieces back together.

Like a little kid playing with his blocks and messing them all up and then mommy comes in and yells at the kid and helps clean it up.

What does mommy do? She organizes and puts all the blocks into the place they were before the kid played with them so that they are nice and neat and ready to be messed up with again.

Getting back to when you have time to do this. Well, leaving your computer on will not hurt it. So when you go to work, you should defrag (this will take 2+ hours depending on your hard drive's size), as I did.

Make sure you turn off your screen saver and also, make sure the power off monitor is off as well. You can turn off you monitor manually to save energy that way (by pressing the button on it). Also, close (ctrl+alt+del) any programs that are open (Systray/Explorer/etc./any important programs should stay open). The reason for this is because programs tend to write/read information which will notify the defragger that the computer has information moving so it restarts itself and does this until information stops moving. So make sure ALL programs are closed or your going to be defragging forever.

And when you get home from work/school, this will all be done, so all you do is restart your computer and you can use it and notice the excellent results with a bit more of a faster computer. This should be done every two weeks or so.

I hope this helps everyone understand defragging a bit more. Just me giving some information that you may have known already. But defragging is always a good thing! It's like a checkup at the doctor's office where he/she will make sure your doing well and if anything's wrong, fix you. Another reason I am telling you this is because sometimes people don't even defrag their computers because they simply don't have the time to waste. The computer must have a checkup (defragment) once in a while, so you should defrag it to prevent errors, slowness, or freezing. So, if you defrag your computer before you go to work, while your at work, it will be defragging and when you come home, have a nice fixed/fast computer. A nice way to not waste useful computer time when at home and leave good results for you.


Enjoy,
Dr. Gates


(Edited for spelling mistakes)

[Edited by Matthew Gates on 10-15-2000 at 10:54 PM]