Shuffling all those huge video files around makes your homemade HTPC’s hard drive a real mess. It’s vital to defragment your disk regularly to keep things running smoothly, but is Windows XP’s built-in defragmenter up to the job?
With poor scheduling options, a not so hot GUI, and a lack of power-user options, it’s certainly worth taking a peek at some other defragmenting candidates. I can think of no better resource than the Great Defrag Shootout. Thirty five different ways to defragment your DVR’s hard drive.
For even more reading, peruse the defrag section of Lifehacker’s library.
And if you’re really into defragging, go ahead and pick up this shirt.