Is defragmentation good for my C drive? Plese list the good and bad side about it.?

My computer in total has 15.0 gigabytes and the space used is 14.5 gigabytes. I only have 485 megabytes left. I need to know if defragmenting my C drive is a good idea.

Is defragmentation good for my C drive? Plese list the good and bad side about it.?
Defragmentation is when the utility reorganizes your data on the hard drive (physically moving it to another place). This lets your computer find the stuff faster.





You probably won't be able to get a good quality defrag without 10% to 15% free space (you only have 3% free space).





You should run the "Disk Cleanup" utility first, then see how much free space you have.
Reply:not much down's really, just moves files around for faster performance and better organized, i would recommend getting a new hard drive that will work with ur computer cause 15gb, not much and since u only have 485mb lest, wow. defragment need at least 15% of ur hard drive of free and usable to work properly
Reply:Regular de-fragmentation will prolong the life of your hard drive because the heads do not have to seek so much. Also it will improve overall speed.





Downside - if your computer crashes or you get a power cut during de-fragmentation it is slightly possible that a file may get corrupted.





You do not have 15% free space so you are unlikely to be able to do a de-fragmentation





wdw
Reply:It is absolutely good. Bad side is that if you have a virus on your computer, it will spread it around like crazy. It happened to me long time ago, when I was a kid. I did have to hear a lot of yelling from my brother. Let that be lesson to all of you :):)





Hope answers your question.





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