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Discus and support How long should it take to defrag 1TB HDD on Windows 10? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I am using my laptop with 1TB of HDD storage and windows 10 with Intel i5 8th Gen CPU and 8 GB of RAM configuration. How long should it take for... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Jayant Chauhan2, Oct 27, 2020.

  1. JAYANT CHAUHAN2
    Jayant Chauhan2 Win User

    How long should it take to defrag 1TB HDD on Windows 10?


    I am using my laptop with 1TB of HDD storage and windows 10 with Intel i5 8th Gen CPU and 8 GB of RAM configuration. How long should it take for deframantation for around 60% used of 1TB HDD?

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    Jayant Chauhan2, Oct 27, 2020
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  2. PETERLEONARD1
    PeterLeonard1 Win User

    Disk Defragmenter won't let me defrag my HDD

    Andrew E, your post is slightly misleading, as anything run from the command prompt, even with admin elevation still runs under Windows so files in use will still not be defragged.

    You would need a 3rd party app that runs before Windows loads to properly defrag the HDD.

    Also Windows defrag will not touch files over a certain size (hence the suggestion to remove the page file), so if your HDD has lots of large files saved in non contiguous sectors defragging will have a minimal effect.

    Also even though a disk clean-up is good practice to remove unnecessary files it is not a required step as those files will be defragmented along with any other files defrag can work with.

    The main thing the original poster needs to be aware of is that running any defrag app while the Optane acceleration is active could lead to file system errors and possibly break his Windows installation.

    The reason being that the Optane driver expects to find the files its caching to be in a particular place on the HDD.

    I suggest you read the Optane guides and information on the Intel website and forums before suggesting the original poster tries to defrag using any method.
     
    PeterLeonard1, Oct 27, 2020
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  3. PATMILLER4
    patmiller4 Win User
    Disk Defragmenter won't let me defrag my HDD

    My computer has a HDD and an Intel optane drive installed. I opened the windows defrag tool to try and defrag my HDD and it says that both the HDD and optane drive are SSDs and can't be optimized. I found a troubleshooting guide on how to fix the defragmenter.
    I've already tried sfc/scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth. The guide also said to check the disk defragmenter service to make sure that it is configured properly, and I can't find any disk defragmenter services listed in the services list.
    What can I do to get windows to defrag my HDD?
     
    patmiller4, Oct 27, 2020
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  4. DONALD EAGER
    Donald Eager Win User

    How long should it take to defrag 1TB HDD on Windows 10?

    Windows Defrag

    When running defrag, there is a drive listing for Windows RE Tools. It shows as a solid state drive and that it has never been defragged. It will not optimize. Clicking on it does nothing. Any suggestions?
     
    Donald Eager, Oct 27, 2020
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