Defrag

The files on your computer can get messy over time. Not damaged necessarily, but just jumbled a bit. Kind of like your desk. There's probably papers all over it. The papers are still in good shape, but it's hard to find things. Your computer works the same way.

Over time, files get spread out more and more on your hard drive. Running defrag will help to tidy everything up and get things running better. If you've just done all of the other steps on this site, your hard drive is likely a mess. Between removing programs, removing spyware, adding software, etc, things can get cluttered. Let's clean it up!

Windows 7 comes with some solid Defrag tools installed, but there are some free third-party solutions that do it a bit better.

In particular, we recommend DeFraggler or MyDefrag. MyDefrag seems a bit more comprehensive, but either one will do a nice job. Again, they're both 100% free, so check them out and use the one that you like best.