DriveAccelerator: Defragment Hard Drive

To access:

From the Individual Tools pane, click Maximize Performance and then click Start next to Defragment Hard Drive.

What it does:

The Defragment Hard Drive wizard guides you through defragmenting selected hard drives with the settings you specify.

Why use it:

Defragmenting hard drives reorganizes scattered data, which boosts file access speed and extends the life of the drive. To maintain system performance and prevent data corruption, it is recommended that you periodically defragment your hard drive.

Instructions:

The wizard has three screens to guide you through the process. Click a screen name below for more information:

Select Drives to Defragment
Configure Defragmentation Options
Defragment Selected Drives

Related tasks:

To have System Mechanic automatically defragment drives when fragmentation is detected as being high, enable Automatically repair drive fragmentation problems on the Automated Tasks pane.