Optimize & Defragment Drive Tool by Microsoft
The built-in 'Optimize and Defragment Drive' tool in Microsoft Windows helps improve your computer's performance by organizing and optimizing your drives. This process ensures that your system runs more efficiently and helps to prevent slowdowns over time.
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Open the Defragment Tool
Right click on the drive you want to scan and select 'Properties', and then select the 'Tools' tab.
Access the 'Properties' of your drive and navigate to the 'Tools' tab to find optimization options. -
Run the Optimize and Defragment Tool
In the 'Optimize and defragment drive' section, press 'Optimize' to continue.
Click on 'Optimize' to initiate the defragmentation process for the selected drive. -
Optimize and Defragment
Defragmenting a drive can take awhile to complete. You can continue using your computer while the drive is defragmenting.
The defragmentation process is underway. You can continue using your computer during this time. -
Restart the computer
After optimizing and defragmenting your drive, we recommend restarting the computer.