How to Defragment a Hard Drive

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and
then click Disk Defragmenter.
Windows XP Professional displays the Disk Defragmenter dialog box.
2. If there are multiple volumes on your computer, select C, and then click Analyze.
3. If Windows XP Professional displays a dialog box, indicating that there is no need
to defragment your volume at this time, click Close, and then read through Steps
6 through 12.
4. If Windows XP Professional displays a Disk Defragmenter dialog box, indicating
that you need to defragment your volume now, click View Report.
5. In the Analysis Report dialog box, scroll through the Volume Information box.
6. Scroll through the Most Fragmented Files box, and then click Save As.
Windows XP Professional displays the Save Defragmentation Report dialog box.
Notice that the default title for the report is VolumeC, and the default location for
the report is in the My Documents folder.
7. Click Save to save the report as VolumeC in the My Documents folder.
You are returned to the Analysis Report dialog box.
8. Click Defragment.
Disk Defragmenter defragments the volume. This process could take a long
time to complete, depending on the size of the volume and the amount of fragmentation.
9. Compare the Analysis Display with the Defragmentation Display.
10. Close Disk Defragmenter.
Leave the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box open for the next exercise.