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  1. How to Defrag a Windows 10 Computer - Tom's Hardware Forum

    Jul 16, 2015 · How to Defrag a Windows 10 Computer Defragmenting (or “defragging”) a Windows 10 computer arranges fragmented files on the hard drive in a manner that optimizes the amount of disk …

  2. [SOLVED] - Tom's Hardware Forum

    Apr 30, 2020 · I am trying to defragment my PC hard drive using Windows Defragmenter. My hard drive is about 70% full. Windows Defragmenter says that the drive is 0% fragmented, but my defrag has …

  3. How to defrag your hard drive in Windows 10 - Tom's Hardware Forum

    Jul 8, 2016 · Defrag your hard drive in Windows 10 To defrag a standard non-SSD hard drive, do this: 1. Type or paste ‘optimize’ into the Search Windows box. 2. Select the hard drive you want to defrag …

  4. [SOLVED] - Unable to shrink SSD to create new partition - Need defrag?

    Jul 5, 2021 · In Windows 10, I'm trying to shrink the volume of my 500GB SSD by 100GB so that I can create a new partition, on which I will then install Linux. I'm experiencing the problem whereby …

  5. [SOLVED] - Difference between ssd trimming and ssd defragmentation

    Mar 26, 2021 · I want to what is actual difference between ssd trim and ssd defrag .I have read somewhere that ssd defrag reduces its lifespan.While ssd trim is beneficial for device health and …

  6. Is it safe to play a game while defragging? - Tom's Hardware Forum

    Nov 1, 2017 · And if so, what if I paused the defrag, played a game, then resume it after closing the game? Yes, you can pause it. But this is what the schedule that Windows wants to do is for. A teeny …

  7. Question - Defragmentation on EXFat | Tom's Hardware Forum

    Jun 8, 2024 · While you can only manually TRIM a SSD in the defragmenter (via the "optimize" button), Windows does actually automatically defrag SSDs monthly if you have System Restore enabled.

  8. Windows Defrag on 11th Pass - Tom's Hardware Forum

    Sep 13, 2017 · I'm not so sure this is normal, but Windows Defrag is on its 11th pass for my HDD which only said it had 7% fragmentation. This has been running for well over an hour so far, and yes, I did …

  9. When would you defrag a HDD that will take days or even a week!?

    Feb 10, 2017 · pfft drop defraggler, the slowest defragger on earth , goto piriform.com and get disk defrag Free, set it to analyse and optimize, a 20% defrag drive will take about 2-3 hours, runs it …

  10. [SOLVED] - Tom's Hardware Forum

    May 22, 2020 · I've purchased and SSD and I'm going to attempt to clone my existing HDD and making the SSD my main drive. Question is, should I defrag my HDD first? I haven't done that in 5+ years, …