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Bookmark or Share- Defragging hard drive takes too long-what to do?The quickest solution: -Go to 'File List', select 'Fragments' so it views/displays the biggest fragmented files from high to low. -Then you can select e.g 20% of files (shift-leftclick+shift) and click 'Defrag Highlighted' and let it defrag. -Now maybe be careful with the file 'type'.
- What is the difference between optimization and defragmenting in ...It is "fragmented". The problem is that when a file is fragmented, the arm inside the HD that reads (writes) has to move around to find the separate blocks. This takes time, making reads (and writes) slower. Defragmenting, or Optimizing, the HD reorganizes the files so that they are continuous on the HD. This is done by reading a fragmented ...
- Disable SSD disk defragmentation FOREVER - Microsoft CommunityThe first is typing "Defrag" in the Start search and selecting "Defragment and Optimize Drives", then select the SSD and click "Change settings". Uncheck "Run on schedule" and click OK. The next is using opening an Administrator command prompt window and entering the command. schtasks /Delete /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag" /F.
- The Service Host: Disk Defragmenter - Microsoft Community1. Run services (services.msc) 2. Highlight "Optimize Drives" and click on properties. 3. There is a drop box that allows you to chose Automatic, Manual, or Disable. I chose Disable and it hasn't come on since. When I want to run it, I'll just enable it and use Norton to run it. By the way, choosing Manual did not work.
- Where is the Disk Defragmenter log file location in Windows 7If you have multiple "Defrag" records, choose the one with the date and time of interest. I was also hoping to see before and after graphs but I guess if the Disk Defragmenter window says 0% fragmented with a "last run" date and time, then that means it was successful, though I get no indication of how bad the problem was since the process ran ...
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