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Yesterday, I felt the need to defrag my WHS hard drives.  I went to the Raxco website and downloaded their 30 day trial of PerfectDisk for WHS.  It integrates quite nicely inside the WHS console.  It takes awhile to defrag drives, but it seems to do a nice job and has lots of options to configure

If your computer seems slower than it used to be, it probably is. Over time, computers get slower because files become disorganized and resources are consumed by unnecessary software. Fortunately, Your Operating System includes tools to clean up your computer and restore its performance.

I’m sure most of you will agree with me when we say that the default Disk Defragmenter that comes along with Windows is something that is best avoided. Having said that, we also give you a wonderful alternative to the default Windows Disk Defragmenter - UltraDefrag.

The default Windows defragmenter is something that we avoid recommending to our readers, and in the past have told you about the best free defragmentation tools for Windows which are definitely worth using. Just came across another useful free defragmentation tool called UltraDefrag that is pretty good and a much better alternative for  defragmenting your files.

Windows only: Free application FragExt adds an entry to your right-click context menu so you can defragment individual files on demand. To use it, just right-click the file you want to defrag, then select FragExt -> Defragment.

Welcome to the Ultimate Guide to keeping your PC running fast and great. As I discussed in a prior article, the more you use your PC, the more your PC requires maintenance. Every email you read, every web site you visit, and every document you create, leaves little bread crumbs on the hard drive.

Anybody who is anybody knows that the built in Windows defrag utility stinks. It is very hard to schedule defrag and have it work correctly. The problem with that is that if you don't automate it, it will likely never get done, then you will start to see a lag in performance.

Computers were created to streamline and simplify our lives. They are made to efficiently handle a lot of information and process it in a short period of time. But if you find yourself dozing off or watching paint dry while you are sitting at your desk, then it\’s time to increase computer speed.

With Windows Vista many standard applications such as Windows Firewall got a face lift, the Disk Defragmenter interface changed to a dialog box with an added task scheduler support to schedule defragmentation of your hard drive.

O&O Defrag puts is a replacement for the standard Windows defragmenter, that offers a much advanced set of features. It puts fragmented files together and maximizes your system speed and offers five different defragmentation strategies, as well as OneButtonDefrag technology for automatic adjustment of the settings best fitting for your system.