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Defragment -- One of the most important things you can do to keep your system running at peak performance is to regularly defragment your computer.

In the course of normal usage, files are regularly being read from and written to the disk, often in small chunks. As a result, pieces of files end up getting scattered around the disk. The "disk defragmenter," finds the scattered pieces of files and reorganizes them into contiguous chunks on your hard disk, making them run more efficiently. Windows 98 has a default setting that will move the files that you use most often to the beginning of the hard disk where they'll load faster. The first thing I do is change that setting. Because, it takes to long.)

how do you use the disk defragmenter tool?

• Click Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools then click Disk Defragmenter

• Click the drive you want to defragment, click OK

(This is Windows way to access the defrag tool. You may have another way.)

can you use your pc while defrag is running? Yes, but will take longer to defrag so go get a cup of coffee or just take a break.

how often should you defrag? Well, depends on the type of work you do. If the work you're doing is word processing, you'll need to defrag about three or four time a year. If you use programs that create several temporary files (Web browsers, scanning software, music programs, etc.) or work with large files (accounting files, imaging files, or spreadsheets), you should defrag more often.