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The advantage of this method is the speed with which it is carried out: The performance of your hard
disk is increased in no time at all.
How to Defragment your Hard Disk
Launch the AVG Drive Defrag module by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and
selecting Defragment hard disk under Manually run maintenance tasks.
Alternatively, you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and
selecting the Defragment entry under Hard disk.
Solid-state drives (SSD) are detected by AVG PC TuneUp. They are not analyzed or defragmented, as it is
not possible to optimize solid-state drives through defragmentation and they could be damaged by
defragmentation.
Select which hard disks should be checked for optimization potential.
Select how defragmentation should take place according to the analysis.
As AVG Drive Defrag offers two different types of defragmentation (see Defragmenting the Hard Disk -
Introduction), you must specify whether the defragmentation type should be dependent on the analysis before
you start the analysis.
Out of the four options, the first one is preselected because it gives you a personal recommendation after the
analysis and you can decide for yourself how the defragmentation should be carried out. For the other three
options, defragmentation starts as soon as the analysis is complete. If, however, the analysis determines that
the degree of defragmentation is very low, defragmentation will not be carried out for these three options
because AVG Drive Defrag deems it unnecessary.
Wait for result and then decide
We recommend this option for you. Once analysis is complete, you decide for each hard disk whether
you would like to run a fast or thorough defragmentation. You can also decide here to go without
defragmentation.
Automatically as recommended
AVG Drive Defrag makes the decision for you and defragments each hard disk as soon as the
analysis is complete using the mode suited to the degree of fragmentation.
Automatically thorough
You optimize your hard disk performance down to the last detail, even if this lasts a bit longer -
regardless of the analysis result.
Automatically fast
You would like to save time and defragment each hard disk particularly quickly, regardless of the degree
of fragmentation.
If you have selected the Wait for result and then decide option, you will see a dialog where you can