Defragmentation and disk optimization in Mac OS X collectively represent an issue nearly as contentious as the debate over repairing disk permissions — one camp argues that utilties purportedly ...

Defragging your drive was once a ritual. It largely got left in the past, but there are exceptions worth knowing.

Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day. Back then, you’d use it to theoretically speed up disk access. Today, you can run a fun simulation right ...

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!” To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering from ...

Most people think of disk defragmentation as a process that involves gathering and reordering pieces of data files that have been scattered on a hard drive. The fragments are moved around, like the ...

Of course it can be done. But its more of a consolidation of logical data rather than physical placement on the drive. Yup, why not? A defrag is at the OS logical device level. As far as the OS is ...

After a period of heavy use, hard disks tend to get 'fragmented'. Data gets written all over random parts of the disk, and it gets inefficient to keep track of it all. That's why you need to run a ...

In today’s fast paced world of corporate America, who doesn’t want the highest disk performance they can have? With the constant advancements in CPU technology, servers and workstations continue to ...

The disk defragmenter in Windows Vista leaves much to be desired. A couple of months ago, I recommended Auslogics’ Disk Defrag as a free alternative. What that program lacks is the ability to defrag ...

Australian developer Auslogics has released Auslogics Disk Defrag Touch, a very major touch-oriented revamp of its Auslogics Disk Defrag package. The most immediately obvious change is the very ...

One of the best ways to improve a computer's performance is to take advantage of Windows 10 disk optimization. The system's hard disk plays a direct role in Windows' reliability and performance. A ...