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Laptop Disk Defrag question.?

I use 'Tune Up Utilities' When doing a Defrag, should I select disk 'C' AND System, or just Defrag 'C' and System seperately.???

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  • Jack
    Lv 4
    8 years ago
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    If you're using Windows Vista or later then your computer is already defragging automatically at regular intervals (default it checks fragmentation once a week), so there's literally no benefit at all to defragging it manually.

    If you're using XP or some other operating system, you technically only need to defrag C, since "System" is (i'm guessing) your recovery partition and isn't used on a day to day basis (if a volume isn't being actively used then it doesn't get fragmented).

    By the way if your computer is using and SSD then DON"T defrag it no matter what your OS is. Defragging an SSD doesn't provide any performance benefits and introduces a ton of unneccesary wear and tear to the drive.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I usually defrag them both at once. Gets it done a bit faster.

    Source(s): Personal Experience
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    select all.defraging will not affect the files.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Both together!

    Source(s): Experience from slow computers >.<
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