Windows 7: Defragment hard drive
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Windows 7 offers you good on-board tools with which you can defragment the hard drive. In addition, we present alternative options for disk defragmentation.
Defragment the hard disk with the Windows 7 program
The integrated Windows 7 solution for defragmenting your hard drive can be found as follows:
- Click the start icon at the bottom left.
- Enter "Defragmentation" in the search field ("Search programs / files").
- Now you can see the "Defragmentation" hit under "Programs". Click here to start the Windows 7 defragmentation program.
- With the buttons below you can now "analyze" or "defragment" the selected data carrier.
Free program to defragment the Windows 7 hard drive
There are numerous free programs for defragmenting your data carriers on a regular basis. For example, two good tools are:
- Disk Defrag (photo gallery)
- O&O Defrag Free Edition (photo gallery)
This practical tip shows you how to defragment your hard drive under Windows XP. Instructions for Windows 8 users can be found here.