Automatic Defrag

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Automatic Defrag
As you know over timethe Windows filing system can become disorganised and this willeventually lead to a slow down and a reduction in performance.


‘Defragging’ the hard drive can restore order but most of us forget todo it regularly and leave it until the system has started to slowdown.
Here’s a way to program Windows to automatically Defrag your drives once a month or every few weeks.


Goto Start > Control Panel and click Performance and Maintenance thenScheduled Tasks (or just go direct to Scheduled Task in Windows XP) anddouble-click Add Scheduled Task. This will launch the Scheduled TasksWizard.


Click Next then the Browse button toC:\WINDOWS\system32, click defrag.exe and select Open. Now you can giveit a name and set the timings for defrag to run and when you havefinished check the box ‘Open Advanced Properties …’. If there’s morethan one User Account on your PC you may want to set up a Password,otherwise leave the fields blank.


To finish off in the Runline add n the drive letter for the disc you want to defrag after thecommand, so it should look like this: C:\WINDOWS\system32\defrag.exe c:click OK and it is set.