File fragmentation is one of the constants of Microsoft’s, and other, operating systems. On a brand-new drive, the first files written are all written to contiguous parts of the drive, making for the ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...

scan disk from dos, and disable unnecessary programs from boot up when windows starts. (msconfig) if the above doesn't work to run defrag. If you are running WindowsME and any McAfee software, check ...