Seriusly, Just how often do you scan your disk and defrag your CPU???
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ABOUT SCANNING:\n\nScanning is a legacy of the Unix/Win95/98 era. Before, everytime your computer crashed or turned off without a proper shutdown, it would recommend that you scan the hard drive for disk errors. In fact, many older Unix machines require you to do this; otherwise, they just wouldn't run. WinXP and Win2K are quite resistant against these types of errors, which rarely occur anyway.\n\nSo, you only need to scan when your computer turns off without a proper shutdown sequence. In addition, you could run the scan once every several months just to be safe. It probably won't have a tangible difference though. And if you have WinXP, you probably never need to run the scan more than once every 6 months.\n\nABOUT DEFRAGMENTING:\n\nYou need to defrag your computer if the hard drive starts making a lot of "clicking" noises every time it is accessed. Defragmenting once every other week with Win98/ME, once every month with Win2K, and once every other month with WinXP is recommended if you move a lot of files around.\n\nYou should run the analyze tool that comes with the defragmenter. If it's over 15-25% fragmented, you should run defrag. This is especially true if you're using Win 98/ME. Win2K/WinXP use NTFS, so they're less prone to fragmentation.\n\nIn addition, WinXP automatically defrags your computer on idle. I move thousands of files each week, and it's still less than 10% fragmented.\n\nSo if you use WinXP, unless you hear your hard drive making "clicking" noises and slowing down, you don't need to defragment it more than once a month. Personally, I almost never have to defrag my hard drive.\n\nLastly, if you have a small hard drive or not much ram, you'll probably be using a larger portion of your hard drive for the pagefile, which will get accessed more often. In this case, you'll need to defragment your hard drive much more often.
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Double click 'my computer' \nRight click the drive you want to defrag \nselect properties\nin the 'tools' tab\nselect 'defragmentation'
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Imagine a filing cabinet where when people take files out, they never put them back in the right place.  After a while it would get hard to find the files.  Your hard drive is simiar to this and defragmenting is like organizing your file cabinent in order for your computer to find the files more easily.  There are no disadvantages, and you should do this at least once a month, maybe more with heavy usage.
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Defragging,\nOne should do a  disk cleanup everyday and defrag two or three times a week if the computer is used moderately. Try this. \nYou may need to do a Disk Cleanup..and be sure you have all the boxes checked.... \nDefrafg your C drive or what ever is your \nmain harddrive... Make sure you have selected the C Drive.... This is called a Disk Defragmenter... \nGo to : Start... \nprograms.. \naccessories... \nsystem tools..\nDo this often... \nRemove all that is Not necessary from the start up.  Go to... \nStart \nRun\nType in .. msconfig\nin the general tab.. choose selective start\nthen choose the start up tab\nand remove all that you dont need.  \nE
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run the disk defragmenter it is under accories under system tools that will everything where it belongs
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Quick clean would be the best in this case, because defrag will not of much effect in this specific case, and defrag takes a lot of time.
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Go to the start menu, all programs, accessories, system tools, disk defragmenter!!
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Do it in safe mode.\nRestart and press F8..you will get a screen asking and select "Safe Mode"\n\nNow do the defrag.
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For XP users, open My Computer and right click on (C:).  Goto Properties then Tools and click Defragment Now
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so like how does defrag tell you tour files are still there i'm confused on this have you tried disk cleanup
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memory power?\nif you mean space then defrag your harddrive\nif you mean RAM then download Ram Idle LE\nother wise buy new componants
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empty your recycle bin, empty your temporary internet and cookies files, run a disk defrag.  In that order.
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if you are trying to defragment your hard drive it is going to take some time.  I do not know your originally question, so I don't know if defragmenting will fix your problem but if you are going to defragement.  I always do it at night when I go to bed and it is done when I get up in the morning.  Also delete all your temporary internet files and cookies, this can be done by using the disk clean up option under system tools.  Also empty your recycle bin before defrag.
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Go into msconfig and turn off programs that you don't need to start when Windows does.\n\nAlso scan for viruses and spyware.\n\nClean out temporary files, use disk cleanup and defrag
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close everything else out on the taskbar that you can  but first run antispy from yahoo and maybe the virus scanner  and clean the  disk and do a defrag a couple of times these things can get busy and lose their  processor power  but the other day i  watched a computer hard drive be eaten by a worm and some trojans it just lost all function as the hard drive was overwritten
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Download, install and run CCleaner, http://www.ccleaner.com/ (run both the Cleaner and Issues cleaner and scanners).\n\nDefrag your hard drive by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter and run it.\n\nInstall a utility called TuneXP, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php once you have that installed you will be able to do all sorts of optimizations to your system, including faster shutdown, start up and better memory allocation tweaks, read the documentation provided in the program on what exactly you can do to your system.\n\nYou should also consider checking for viruses and spyware by getting the following:\n\nMS AntiSpyware Beta, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\nAdaware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com/\nSpybot S&D, http://www.safer-networking.org/\nSpywareBlaster, http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/\n\nAnd AVG Free Anti-Virus, http://free.grisoft.com/\n\nIf you are an intermediate to advanced user you can follow instructions to get your PC booting and running faster than it ever did part I is here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/5/1434755.html and part II is here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/1/12/1658713.html\n\nBut here is a tutorial that a novice user could follow, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/3/1433325.html\n\nBy the way, all the programs I have linked to are provided free of charge.
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Here are my recommendations.\n\nA major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.\nYou need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.  \n\nOne way is to use the defragment utility built into Windows XP.  It is slow but does the job rather well.  Go to:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools   and then click on System Defrag to run the tool.  It will take several hours so let it run overnight or simply walk away from your PC for a few hours.\n\nA great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.\n\nAlso, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another really good Microsoft tool.  Go to Start > Run >   type in msconfig in the box and click OK.\nThis will bring up a window with several tabs at the top.  Click on the “Startup” tab.  It will list the programs that are running on your PC and eating up resources.  Look them over carefully and turn off any that don’t absolutely have to be running.  Simply click on the “check mark” in the little box beside the program name.  Clicking on it will remove the check mark.  Once you have edited the Startup list, click on Apply and then on OK.  Once you have exited the window, reboot your PC for the settings to take effect.\n\nAnother good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time.  I think you may be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.  Then just click “Minimize” and then “To System Tray” to return to the Task Bar.\n\n What happens when you run out of or run real low on RAM is that the OS recognizes the low or no RAM situation and starts using a section of your hard drive as memory. This is called virtual memory, or a swap file. The PC is constantly writing and reading from your HD. Comparitively, it is a very slow process. Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to http://www.crucial.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though.\n\nHope this helps