| For many of us out there the "honeymoon period" of | | | | and your hard drive is forced to cut the additions and |
| enjoying the speed of our new computer is all too | | | | save it in another space. The next time you try to |
| brief. Before we ever realize how nice it is to enjoy | | | | open that file you experience a delay because your |
| the rapid response in which our computer delivers | | | | computer is forced to search for all the pieces that |
| information, we become bogged down in its delays. | | | | make up that file. |
| With each passing day the memories of how fast | | | | If it was only one file that was fragmented you |
| our computer once performed fade and we become | | | | would probably never notice the slowdown on your |
| resigned to life with a sluggish computer. | | | | computer but the truth is there are thousands of |
| While many just chalk this slow computer | | | | files on your computer that you might be unaware of |
| performance up to the natural lifecycle of the hard | | | | that are also fragmented. When you make changes |
| drive the truth is we don't have to settle for the | | | | to a fragmented file the problem just becomes |
| frustrations that develop over time. As with most | | | | greater as the hard drive is forced to dissect the |
| problems related to a computer, there is a solution. | | | | data once again and store the extensions in another |
| The solution for most slow computer performance | | | | space. This will eventually lead to your computer |
| problems typically comes from defragmenting your | | | | slowing to a crawl and ultimately crashing. |
| hard drive. If that sounds too complicating or | | | | By defragmenting your hard drive the issues related |
| expensive don't worry, it's as simple as heading to | | | | to fragmented files and slow computer performance |
| your local computer retailer and asking for defrag | | | | are alleviated. Defrag software will clean your hard |
| software. | | | | drive of fragmented files and create larger blocks of |
| As easy as the solution is, it's extremely important | | | | space to save files in order to prevent future |
| that you act quickly when you begin to notice the | | | | fragmentation. When cleaning your hard drive of |
| speed of your computer decline. A fragmented hard | | | | fragmented files the software will piece together all |
| drive is designated as a computer disease, like any | | | | that data that belongs to a single file and save it in |
| disease it can spread, and when left untreated it will | | | | one unit. The next time you open that file the hard |
| ultimately result in the crashing of your hard drive. It's | | | | drive no longer has to search for the multiple pieces |
| that simple. | | | | of information that comprise that file because its |
| Chances are your hard drive is already experiencing a | | | | been saved as a single unit. |
| slowdown due to fragmented files. This is because | | | | Even after you make changes to a file, defrag |
| fragmentation is a natural process that occurs on | | | | software works to keep the information together |
| computers. When you save a file, check email, | | | | when its saved, thus preventing the fragmentation |
| browse the web or any number of activities that you | | | | process from beginning again. |
| use your computer for the hard drive creates space | | | | So if your experiencing a slowdown on your |
| for in which those files are saved. Each of those files | | | | computer and you're uncertain about what course of |
| are saved in a contiguous series and thus present a | | | | action to take, the best thing you can do is install |
| problem when they are opened and modified or | | | | defrag software. Just be sure to take the action |
| deleted. | | | | before it's too late because you don't want to be |
| When you open an existing file, make additions, and | | | | lamenting the fact that you could have saved your |
| save the changes your file becomes fragmented. | | | | computer had you just spent a few dollars protecting |
| This is because when you save the file it can no | | | | it from fragmented files. |
| longer fit in the same space that it once occupied | | | | |