PC Running Slow? Defrag Your Hard Drives

Defrag for Windows 98, Windows 98SE and Windows ME, Win XP

Defrag is another program located in System Tools. After you have run
Scandisk, then run Defrag. Don't enable your screensaver until you have
completed Defrag. As you work on your computer, files get moved around and
after a while your hard drive has to work harder and harder to access the
data you need. Defrag puts all the data back where it belongs and keeps your
hard drive from having to work so hard. You may notice that your computer is
making more noise than previously. It may be just working a lot harder to
get to the data you need. Defrag will make it work easier. To run Defrag, go
back to the System tools menu & click on Defrag. If it says you don't need
to run Defrag, but it is more than 4 percent fragmented, you need to run
Defrag.

Then go take a nap, go shopping or anything else because Defrag takes even
longer than Scandisk. When Defrag is through you will see how much better
your computer runs.

Some computers will just not run Scandisk or Defrag. For some reason it will
complete part way & then just hang. If this happens to you and you are using
any of the Windows 9x versions, (Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME) here
are some things you can try that usually will work.

Reboot your computer & then run Defrag. You should always run Scandisk
before you run Defrag. If you have run Scandisk and rebooted and Defrag
still doesn't complete, reboot and go into Safe mode to run Defrag.

Defrag under Windows XP can be reached by clicking Start, then clicking Help&Support.  Click Tools and it should be on the window that opens.  Depending on how you use your system, Defrag should be run monthly.