Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

Glarysoft Disk SpeedUp is a completely free tool for analyzing, defragmenting, and optimizing disk space quickly and enhancing computer performance. The freeware is easy to use, without any toolbar or ...

For decades, desktop and laptop owners have been told to defragment their hard drives to get the best performance, especially on Windows-based PCs. Defragging reorganizes the drive so the operating ...

With the release of Windows 10 version 2004, the Windows Defragger has become a mess as it starts to defrag SSD drives too often, perform trim on non-SSD drives, and forgets when it last optimized a ...

The latest Windows 10 update appears to be running the automatic hard drive optimization process more often than it needs to. While this is a necessary part of a hard drive’s upkeep, and letting ...

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Defragmenting your hard drive can be good or bad for the device depending on what kind of hard drive you're using. Generally, you want to regularly defragment a mechanical Hard Disk Drive and avoid ...

Microsoft has fixed a bug in the Windows 10 version 2004 defragger that caused SSD drives to be defragmented too often. In June 2020, after the Windows 10 May 2020 Update was released, we reported ...

Q: I have a Windows 10 computer, and the defragmenter command has stopped working on it. I tried running it as an administrator, but it still would not run. I also tried going to the C drive to ...

We’ve grown accustomed to hearing about Windows 10 updates causing problems for users, especially with regards to the May 2020 Update. In many regards, the May 2020 Update has been as notorious at the ...