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Computer Help and Support

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:06 PM Apr 2018

Defragmenting my laptop? [View all]

Do I need to defrag my laptop?
How often?

Is the 'tool' that comes with Windows 10 adequate?

I have done it every few months with the 'Windows' tool since buying my laptop about 3 years ago, but yesterday it was so slow I shut it down after about two hours.
Typically in the past it took about 15 minutes.

I regularly run Malwarebytes, adwcleaner, cleaner, etc.

Thanks

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Defragmenting my laptop? [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 OP

Run Registry Cleaner as well quartz007 Apr 2018 #1

Auslogics -- thanks left-of-center2012 May 2018 #4

hmmm...mine is older than the hills quartz007 May 2018 #5

I'll keep an eye on it left-of-center2012 May 2018 #6

I thought we no longer needed to defrag our computers. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #2

Windows 10 will do it automatically once the level of fragging gets a certain level mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #3