Microsoft says Windows 11's Optimize Drives tool, which defrags hard drives and trims SSDs, is on its list for a modern update. No date yet.

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!” To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering from ...

Auslogics has announced the availability of Disk Defrag Pro 4.2, the latest release of its comprehensive defrag tool, and top of the new features list has to be the build’s full compatibility with all ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...

One of the biggest reasons behind a slow computer is too many programs starting up with the system. By managing these startup ...

Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day. Back then, you’d use it to theoretically speed up disk access. Today, you can run a fun simulation right ...

Most people think of disk defragmentation as a process that involves gathering and reordering pieces of data files that have been scattered on a hard drive. The fragments are moved around, like the ...

The disk defragmenter in Windows Vista leaves much to be desired. A couple of months ago, I recommended Auslogics’ Disk Defrag as a free alternative. What that program lacks is the ability to defrag ...

One of the best ways to improve a computer's performance is to take advantage of Windows 10 disk optimization. The system's hard disk plays a direct role in Windows' reliability and performance. A ...

Has anyone been able to successfully set up a GPO for a scheduled task for Disk Defragmenter or some other method to having defrag run on all workstations in a domain? Did you have to point a GPO to a ...

When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he’d pointed the finger at Vista’s Disk Defragmenter and cried, “J’accuse!“ To recap, my otherwise blazing PC was suffering from ...