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When you write data onto your hard disk it is written disarranged fashion since there are gaps from prior deinstallation or deletion. This leads to a decline in performance because the write/read head has to jump tediously among the gaps in order to load the data. Back in DOS times, Microsoft developed defrag.exe, a small tool capable of rearranging files in a continuous way - although it has been improved several times, it lacks the features and the efficieny necessary to completely defragment your whole disk. MST Defrag solves this problem.

Installing and using MST Defrag

1. Open www.mstsoftware.com and download MST Defrag Home Edition. After the setup you can start MST Defrag and select Continue Testing (although we strongly recommend buying it - 9$ isnt much for such a solution).

2. Hit OK, right-click on your hard disk and select Stop to pause the monitoring mode and start a fresh defragmentation simply by right-clicking the hard disk again and selecting Defragment this time.

3. MST Defrag is now rearranging your hard disk in order to gain faster access times and less problems while reading data. Afterwards we recommend reactivating the monitor-mode - it works pro-active, meaning that it prevents fragmentation from happening while installing programs and copying files.

Defragmenting your MFT file
The Master File Table (MFT) contains information about all your hard diskss files and folders: When was a file created? When was it changed? How big is it? Where can the read/write head find it? After millions of file operations this table can become corrupted by a certain degree of fragmentation. You can optimize access times and prevent data corruption with this useful tip:

1. Hit Windows-key+R simultaneously and enter cmd.

2. Type in md MFT-folder and md MFT-files (without quotation marks) confirm both commands with Enter. They will create 2 directories called MFT-folder and MFT-files. The following commands will create 5.000 folders and 50.000 empty files which will cause the MFT to resize dynamically and thus prevents MFT-fragmentation. Type each command and confirm with Enter:

cd MFT-folder
FOR /L %f in (1,1,5000) do md %f (the execution of this command will take some time)
cd..

cd MFT-files
FOR /L %f in (1,1,50000) do echo Creating files >% f (the execution of this command will take some time)
exit

3. After this operation, the MFT will be extended and offers new space for thousands of files and folders without becoming fragmented. You may now safely erase both folders MFT-Files and MFT-Folders (which may take some time).

Increase MFT-size to about 25% of your total disk space
To furthermore optimize efficiency it is vital to increase the total limit of the MFT-size. Follow these instructions:

1. Hit Windows-key+R and enter regedit. The registry editor, that gives you control over Windowss configuration core, opens up.

Notice: You can also use Registry Explorer!

2. Expand the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem and right-click into the right area. Select New/DWORD-Value, name it NtfsMftZoneReservation, double-click on this new value and enter 2.

After you have restarted your computer the MFT is able to expand to about 25% of your disk space!