One of the easiest things you
can do to improve your computer’s performance is to defragment the hard drive –
if your computer needs it! Let’s learn about fragmentation and how
to fix it!
On a hard disk drive, commonly
abbreviated as HDD, data is stored in little pieces. When your computer
needs to do something with that file, it has to find and assemble all of the
pieces before anything else can happen. Think about it like a jigsaw
puzzle. If you have all of the pieces numbered and laid out in order, the
puzzle could be assembled very quickly. If those pieces are all jumbled
around, it’s going to take you a lot longer to assemble the puzzle.
Fragmentation on your hard drive is similar. As you use your computer,
those little pieces continue to get more and more jumbled around and things
continue to move slower.
So how do we fix it? Integration Technologies Inc. likes the free tool called Defraggler. You can find the download
link on our resources page. Simply download, install and run the
program. With the software open, click the Defrag button at the
bottom and let it run. This could take a while, so leave your computer on
and go have a cup of coffee.
What if you have a Solid State
Drive (SSD)? You may have read that defragmenting a solid state drive
shortens the life of the drive and doesn’t help performance. That is true
with many defragmenting programs. However, Defraggler recognizes
solid state drives and can utilize some of their built-in functions to optimize
the drive’s performance. You won’t see the same performance gain you get
from defragmenting a mechanical hard drive, but it can help. Most
importantly, you won’t be causing harm to your SSD when using defraggler!
Integration Technologies Inc.
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