Does Windows 8 have Disk Defragmenter?

In Windows 8, you can open the Charms bar and search for Optimize Drives.

Luckily, you can still search disk defragmenter and it will load the correct feature.

You can manually optimize or defragment a drive in Windows 8/10 by selecting it and then clicking on the Optimize button.

How do I optimize my hard drive Windows 8?

Standard hard drive optimization in Windows 8

• Go to the Start menu.
• Right click the Start menu background to bring up the app commands.
• Select ‘All apps’.
• Scroll to the ‘File Explorer’ tile and left click on it.
• Left click on ‘Computer’.
• Right-click the hard drive that you want to optimize, and then click ‘Properties’.