4. Defragmentation Really Matters
If I have to describe it in layman’s terms, defragmentations takes all the scattered data from around your hard drive and sorts it in a neat, continuous way that makes it easier to access. Many people wave it off because their computers will function without defragging but they don’t also notice how fragmentation gradually slows down their machines.
On Windows 7, you would have to manually check your drives and defragment them with the “Disk Defragmenter” utility which you can launch from the start menu search field.
On Windows 8 and up, defragmentation is scheduled and automatic which generally keeps your computer happy but at times it might get annoying having your HDD constantly being accessed so you can press the Win key, type “Defragment” and click the first thing that pops up. From there you can alter the schedule
Mac OS X and Linux utilize file systems that don’t experience any concerning fragmentation issues so you don’t need to defragment them.
