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Who hates free space on a device? In windows 10 you can optimize drives to make more space. This Tech-Recipe is a short tutorial on defragmentation and optimization of hard drives.
Memory management is a huge topic in the study of Operating systems and Computer architecture. Memory management is probably the greatest issue for all digital devices. Fragmentation is a way of storing data. As we save a file, windows save it as tiny little bits of information scattered all over the drive. And when you delete or move data some of those fragments are left unused. This tech-recipe is a short tutorial on How to Defragment and Optimize Drives in Windows 10
Scattered data…Unimaginable right? Windows is built to do differently – to Windows, a file is lots of small fragments that are kept in clusters on a hard drive. So during reading a file, windows know exactly where to find the next chunk.
You can manage and optimize space on Windows. Here’s how you can defragment your drives.
Step-by-Step Procedure
How to Defragment and Optimize Drives in Windows 10
1.Go to control panel.
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2.Click “System and Security”
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3.Click “Administrative tools”
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4.Hit “Defragment and optimize drives”
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5.Select the drive and hit “Optimize”
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6.Defragmentation will start. The spaces between the fragments that were unused will be defragged
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2.Click “System and Security”
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3.Click “Administrative tools”
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4.Hit “Defragment and optimize drives”
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5.Select the drive and hit “Optimize”
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6.Defragmentation will start. The spaces between the fragments that were unused will be defragged
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NOTE:
You can defragment hard drives using third-party software as well. Such software are fast and more visually appealing.