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  2. Here’s what it means to optimize your computer - AOL

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    Defragment your hard drive. Also known as defragging, defragmenting your hard drive is a process that can clear up memory and help optimize your computer's performance.

  3. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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    Slow Startup: If your computer takes an unusually long time to boot up and become usable after turning it on, it could be a sign of underlying issues such as too many startup programs or a ...

  4. Defragmentation - Wikipedia

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    Besides defragmenting program files, the defragmenting tool can also reduce the time it takes to load programs and open files. For example, the Windows 9x defragmenter included the Intel Application Launch Accelerator which optimized programs on the disk by placing the defragmented program files and their dependencies next to each other, in the ...

  5. File system fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    [b] The file system could defragment the disk immediately after a deletion, but doing so would incur a severe performance penalty at unpredictable times. Now, a new file called F, which requires seven blocks of space, can be placed into the first seven blocks of the newly freed space formerly holding the file B, and the three blocks following ...

  6. Comparison of defragmentation software - Wikipedia

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    Boot time Auto defrag when idle Stable release; Auslogics Disk Defrag Auslogics Freeware: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Windows XP and later Yes Yes Yes Yes

  7. Microsoft Drive Optimizer - Wikipedia

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    Defragmenting a disk minimizes head travel, which reduces the time it takes to read files from and write files to the disk. [1] As a result of the decreased read and write times, Microsoft Drive Optimizer decreases system startup times for systems starting from magnetic storage devices such as a hard drive.

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