Defragging your drive was once a ritual. It largely got left in the past, but there are exceptions worth knowing.

Q A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while. He says it will boost performance, but he also said it will move my data around. I tend to be very organized as to ...

When my family got our first home computer in the mid-90s, I vividly remember my father drilling into us the importance of defragging the hard drive at least once a week to keep it running smoothly.