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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
TuneUp 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
select how each hard disk should be defragmented. For all other options, you don't need to do anything
else, as defragmentation will run automatically after the analysis.
Select a hard disk in the top area and select a defragmentation mode.
TuneUp Drive Defrag determines the relationship between speed and the benefits to be gained and provides
you with a recommendation based on this.
Decide whether the computer should be shut down after defragmentation. Ensure that you have selected a
defragmentation mode for each hard disk.
Click Next to start the defragmentation.
During defragmentation, you can monitor each hard disk in real time and see how the usage map changes.
You can also look at the progress bar and determine the progress and how long the defragmentation has left.
For more tips and recommendations, please see NTFS Compared with FAT.
NTFS Compared with FAT
Hard disks can either use the NTFS file system, as set in current Windows versions as preference, or the old
FAT system as supported by the first Windows versions. Analysis of drives before defragmentation is
substantially faster on NTFS drives. For FAT systems, users must wait considerably longer and can take the
popular coffee break. This is just one of several reasons why the old FAT system should be converted to the
modern NTFS system.
The NTFS file system (NTFS = New Technology File System) is the file system from Windows NT and its
successors (e.g. Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista) right up to Windows 7. It offers an intelligently
devised access protection to file levels, allows flexible management of privileges, accommodates file sizes
above 4 GB, offers automatic error correction of the file system and can utilize the storage space of today's
standard hard disk sizes in a considerably more efficient manner.