Partition Manager 8.5

Defragmentation is the process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard disk to increase the speed of access and retrieval. When files are updated, the computer tends to save these updates on the largest continuous space on the hard disk, which is often on a different sector than the other parts of the file. When files are thus fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk each time the file is opened to find all of the file's parts, which slows down response time.

The program provides the necessary defragmentation tool for NTFS and FAT partitions.

In order to start defragmentation tool the user should take the following steps:

1. Select a partition on the Disk Map.

2. Call the Defragment Partition dialog to define appropriate settings. There are several ways to do it:

Select in the Main menu: Partition > Modify > Defragment Partition…

Call the popup menu for the selected partition (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions, then select the menu item: Defragment Partition…

3. Define parameters of the operation with the Defragment Partition dialog. Initially defragmentation tool suggests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, the user may just press the OK button to confirm the operation.

Directories Placement. From the pull-down list select the way how to sort directories.

Sort by size. Sort files according to their size.

Sort by time. Sort files according to the last time of update.

Skip auxiliary files. Mark the option to ignore contents of the PAGEFILE.SYS and HIBERFIL.SYS system files. These files are used temporarily in the operating system.

4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.