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.

Defragmenting your computer helps organize the data in your hard drive and can improve its performance tremendously, especially in terms of speed.

The Dangers of Defragmenting the Disk Drive on a Laptop. Laptop hard drives are prone to the same defragmenting risks as desktop computers, except a few factors change in the severity of the risks.

As files become increasingly fragmented on a hard drive, the machine's overall performance can take a hit. That's where Windows' defragging comes in.

Defragmenting your hard drive can be good or bad for the device depending on what kind of hard drive you're using. Generally, you want to regularly defragment a mechanical Hard Disk Drive and ...

Defragmenting your hard drive regularly is an important part of regular hard drive maintenance, and the best tools can defrag your drive regularly or on demand when your games start to slow down ...

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.

Like Windows’ Disk Defragmenter, Defraggler 2.0 can be set to run at designated times. Unlike DD, it provides a lovely visual drive map that shows just how fragmented your drive is.

And with any system, an excessively fragmented hard drive means a slow system. An old thread on the iPod Hacks forum discusses speeding up your iPod with a simple disk defragment.

If Disk Defragmenter isn’t able to run at, say, 1 a.m. Wednesday, it will kick in the next time your computer is idle. 3. You should never defragment a solid-state drive (SSD).