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

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and introduced theme-aware app splash screens with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241, the latest Windows build available for Windows ...

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 ...

Defragging a hard drive was once so common it was almost a rite of passage for computer users. Many different disk utility and maintenance programs offered defragmentation routines as part of their ...

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 ...

Microsoft's latest preview of Windows 10 brings new theme-aware splash screens for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps and an improved defrag experience with a new Advanced View. The new theme-aware ...

Fortunately a fix is on the way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is currently testing a fix for Windows 10 bug that ...

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 ...