At 01:10 PM 11/2/00 -0500, David Way wrote: >>Could you post instructions on how to "defragg" my computer. I have >>collected a bunch of junk over the years and would love a little more >>speed. I am just too scared to try this without help. >Thanks, Dianne In Windows 98, go to the Start button. Choose: Programs Accessories System Tools Disk Defragmenter The first time through, click the "Settings" button and be sure both boxes are checked at the top and that the button for "each time you defrag" is checked at the bottom. Click OK. At the top of the Defrag window, you have a drop-down menu where you can choose which drive you want to defrag. In most cases it will by your C drive, but some people may have additional hard drives on their computers. Start the defrag, then get away from the computer, grab a cup of coffee and something chocolate. That is a requirement. <g> It may take a while for the defrag to run, so you might think about starting it when you go to bed at night. FYI -- what is disk defragmentation? Think of your hard disk as a pie or, better yet, as having a grid of squares. As data is added to your hard drive (it is merely a filing cabinet for your electronic data), it is placed into each of the squares on the grid. As you delete files or uninstall software some of the grids become empty, while some are overwritten with new data. Over time, the grids end up with a hodge-podge of data here and there, scattered all over your hard disk. Your computer has to keep track of which squares in the grid have which bits of data. The hodge-podge can make it harder for your computer to find the data it needs and slow your computer down. When you run the disk defrag utility, you help your computer organize the grids and get all that data neat and tidy again. Good luck, Cyndi P.S. At our house we run the disk defrag quarterly.