How to use Optimize Drives on Windows 10

• Open Start type Defragment and Optimize Drives and press Enter.
• Select the hard drive you want to optimize and click Analyze.
• If the files stored on your PC’s hard drive are scattered everyone and defragmentation is needed, then click the Optimize button.

Does Windows 10 automatically defrag?

By default, Optimize Drives, previously called Disk Defragmenter, runs automatically on a weekly schedule at the time set in automatic maintenance. But you can also optimize drives on your PC manually. This tutorial will show you how to manually optimize drives to defrag a HDD or TRIM a SSD in Windows 10.

How often should I defrag Windows 10?

If you’re a heavy user, meaning you use the PC eight hours per day for work, you should do it more often, probably once every two weeks. Anytime your disk is more than 10% fragmented, you should defragment it.