One of the cool features in Vista and Windows 7 is it's set to automatically defrag your hard drive by default on a weekly basis. If you're still using XP, here's how you can set it up to work similarly to Vista or Windows 7.
Defragging your hard drive ensures that the data on the disk is in contiguous order for easier access to files and programs. Although the jury is still out on whether or not it improves performance on the newest machines, it's good to know your drive is always in order. By default, it's set to run weekly in Vista and Windows 7, and here we?ll look at making it run automatically in XP like it does in the newer versions of Windows.