General questions and answers regarding Microsoft defrag.

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General questions and answers regarding Microsoft defrag

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Below is a listing of general questions and answers commonly asked regarding Microsoft defrag, additional help and information about defrag can also be found on the defrag page.

How often should I run defrag?

This is a commonly asked question with a difficult answer as every computer and computer user is different. We generally recommend that defrag be ran at least once every 2-3 months. If the computer begins to run slowly running defrag will also often help with performance issues.

Will running defrag a lot cause physical problems?

Defrag is a software utility designed to arrange the data on the hard disk drive. Defrag will not cause any physical problems to the hard disk drive regardless of how many times it is ran.

Which versions of Microsoft Windows have defrag?

Defrag was first introduced in MS-DOS 6.0 and was also available in all versions of MS-DOS after this version. Users who had these versions of MS-DOS with Windows 3.11 could also run defrag. Defrag was also available in Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Although each version of Windows has their own version of defrag because of the different file systems and properties of the operating systems.

How do I run Windows defrag?

Additional information about defrag as well as how to run it can be found on our defrag help page.