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Windows 11How to Optimize Windows 8
One of the best methods to improve the performance of your PC is to optimize the drive. Windows 8 has features that allow you to optimize the drives in PCs. The system automatically determines the best optimization for you. The...
Method 1 of 2:
Optimizing the Drives Manually
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Swipe your finger inward from the right edge of the screen, or hover the mouse on the upper-right of the screen. - Tap or click on 'Search.' Type 'defragment' in the search box.
- Select "Defragment," and optimize your drives.
- Tap or click the drive you want to optimize under 'Status.'
- Tap or click on 'Analyze.' This will determine if the drive needs to be optimized. The Current Status window will show if the drive needs optimizing.
- Optimize. If it shows that the drive is more than 10% fragmented, optimize it by selecting the 'Optimize' button.
Method 2 of 2:
Changing the Optimization Schedule
- Swipe your finger inward from the right edge of the screen, or hover the mouse on the upper-right of the screen.
- Tap or click on 'Search.' Type 'defragment' in the search box.
- Select "Defragment," and optimize your drives.
- Select 'Change Settings.'
- Untick the 'Run on a schedule' check box to turn off scheduled optimization.
- If you choose to untick the box, you will now have to optimize manually.
- If you leave the box checked, proceed to the next step.
- Change the frequency of scheduled optimization. Beside 'Frequency,' bring down the list and then select whether you'd like to schedule an optimization daily, weekly, or monthly.
- The default is weekly.
- Select the drives you would like to optimize during the scheduled optimization. Beside 'Drives,' tap or click 'Choose' and select the drives you want to include in the scheduled optimization.
- Tap or click "Okay."
