Product Reviews. Windows 2000 Defragmentation Tools: Disk Defragmenter. Five ways to fight the inevitable disk slowdown. By Joseph L. Jorden; 01/01/2002; Microsoft tried to convince us that we did ...

If you're supporting the Windows 98 operating system, chances are that you've encountered the mind-numbing problem in which Disk Defragmenter is unable to complete a defrag operation.

Windows XP’s Disk Defragmenter took slightly longer than Diskeeper, at 3 minutes, 56 seconds, and it left more excess fragments but, oddly, fewer fragmented files.

Disktrix's $30 utility lets you defragment hard drives and other storage devices a little or a lot--and view the contents of individual drive clusters, among other options.

To launch Windows 2000's built-in Disk Defragmenter, simply run mmc dfrg.msc from the Command Prompt or click Start › Programs › Accessories › System Tools › Disk Defragmenter.

Auslogics Disk Defrag is an upgrade from the built-in Windows disk defragmenter. Free, fast, and thorough, it can defrag whole disks or individual files and folders, on schedule or on demand.

He suggested I check Windows’ Disk Defragmenter. Sure enough, it was set to run on a schedule, and the last time it ran matched up with the most recent slowdown.

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!“ To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering ...

Step 5: Choose OK in both open windows, and close the Disk Defragmenter. Now each time a new disk is added it will be placed on the Disk Defragmenter's to-do list.

Product Reviews. Windows 2000 Defragmentation Tools: Disk Defragmenter. Five ways to fight the inevitable disk slowdown. By Joseph L. Jorden; 01/01/2002; Microsoft tried to convince us that we did not ...

2. I should have clarified that my system slowdowns were due to excessive disk activity, at least based on my observations of Windows’ Resource Monitor. CPU and RAM activity were more or less ...