Search "defrag" from the Windows taskbar and select the Defragment and Optimize Drives option when it appears. This will open the Optimize Drives window, which will list all the drives in your ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is your SSD getting slow? Discover the hidden reason behind the problem and find out the simple trick that can bring it back ...

Anyone who’s switched from an HDD to an SSD knows that it can cut your boot time down by a noticeable margin, not to mention make performance across the board feel more snappy. That is, unless there’s ...

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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 ...

iDefrag is a small utility with the single purpose of running drive defragmentation and optimization. It does this job quite well, and has become a reputable and complete option for people wanting to ...

Remember how we told you that a bug in Windows 10's built-in drive optimization tool could be crippling your solid state drive (SSD)? Well, good news folks—the latest cumulative update (this month's ...