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A simple way to speed up your system is therefore to defragment the hard disk. As the conventional
defragmentation often takes a long time, AVG Drive Defrag offers you two different modes. You either decide
for yourself how defragmentation should take place, or allow AVG Drive Defrag to make the decision for you.
Find out below what exactly happens during the two defragmentation modes:
Thorough Defragmentation
This defragmentation mode arranges the newly sorted files particularly intelligently: system files that are
used frequently are stored at the start of the hard disk, so that Windows can find them again in no time
at all.
It is clear that this defragmentation mode will take longer than simply consolidating the files. AVG Drive
Defrag is therefore also carried out with particularly low priority so that you can continue working almost
undisturbed. This procedure speeds up the booting of Windows considerably. Frequently used programs
also start faster. This noticeably increases the performance of the computer.
Fast Defragmentation
This defragmentation mode consolidates all files again so that they can be read noticeably faster.
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 category in the Start Center and selecting
Defragment hard disk under Optimize registry and performance.
Alternatively, you can start the module by going to 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, 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