Reference number: CH001126 How do I run Microsoft Defrag?
Question:
How do I run Microsoft Defrag?
Answer:
Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and Vista users
Microsoft Windows 95/98 users
Microsoft Windows NT users
Microsoft Windows 3.x / MS-DOS users Windows 2000, XP, and Vista Defrag Keep in mind that Windows 2000 and XP are network operating systems, and that if you are a user using Windows 2000 or XP on a network, your network administrator may have restricted users from running Defrag or from having any direct disk access. To run Defrag, we recommend you follow the below steps.
- Double-click My Computer
- Highlight the local hard disk drive by clicking on it once.
- Right-click the highlighted local drive
- Click Properties
- Click the Tools tab and click the Defragment now button.
Windows 95, 98, and ME Defrag Windows 95 improved the functionality of Defrag as did Windows 98. To run Defrag from Windows, follow the below steps.
- Click Start
- Click Run and type Defrag in the run box
- Click ok
- Within the Defrag window, select the drive that you wish to be checked and click ok.
Windows NT Defrag Windows NT is not shipped with Microsoft Defrag. However, various third-party companies offer utilities that can Defrag and check your hard disk drive for you. Symantec a well respected computer company, offers such a program. Windows 3.x and MS-DOS Defrag Defrag was first available in MS-DOS 6.0 and was available ever since. If you are running MS-DOS 6.0+ and would like to run Defrag, follow the below steps.
- If you are in Windows 3.x, click File and then Exit to get to the MS-DOS prompt.
- From MS-DOS type CD\DOS and press enter.
- From the C:\DOS> type Defrag and press enter, which should begin running Defrag on the computer.
Finally, some computer manufacturers have changed the installation directory of where Defrag is located if you are unable to run Defrag from DOS directory, go to the Windows directory by typing CD\Windows. See our MS-DOS Defrag page for additional information on this command.
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