Refreshing

Many things can turn a PC slow.
Best and easy solution is a clean install, although is a little drastic.
Try a clean boot to see if it makes a big difference.

NE5 said:

Does anybody still do defrags ?

Yes.
defrag - Microsoft Docs
The Disk defragmenter tool is at C:\Windows\System32\dfrgui.exe

There are several discussions about defragging in TenForums including this one my ditty SSD trim, defrag - TenForums

Denis

Hello @NE5,

NE5 said:

Hello, has anybody thought their windows 10 has been running a bit slow recently ?

I don't have a virus, or anything.

Computers do slow down over time.

One of the best ways to try and keep on top of it is to perform regular maintenance. A lot of members here, myself included, have our own Scripts that we run as and when that cleans out Temp files, among many other things, etc, etc.

This might be of interest to you . . .

> How to Optimize the Performance of Windows 10

Also, have a look at the Related Tutorials at the BOTTOM of the above Tutorial, as they may also be related and prove useful.

I hope this helps.

NE5 said:

thanks Denis, I'll have a read. I haven't done a defrag on this PC since upgrading to windows 10, about 12-18 months ago, and never before that using windows 7 either.
I thought they were a thing of the past.
Is there any advice you or someone can give me please, I'm slightly apprehensive in case it breaks something, although as I said, I'll have a read of the link.

You can let the Disk defragmenter tool at C:\Windows\System32\dfrgui.exe handle the job.
- Once you've set it up you can forget everything you have already forgotten about defragging.
- That tool existed in Windows 7 as well. Perhaps you used it without realising [it runs defrag automatically and only when the computer is idle].
- It knows how to treat different types of disk [such as SSD] correctly.
- To do so yourself using the command line switches of defrag.exe takes some study. It is not difficult; it's just more effort than doing nothing takes i.e. more work than letting the tool do the job it was designed for.

There was a big change to defragging during the development of Windows 7 and it has been kept in later versions.
Since Windows 7, defragging in Windows only affects fragments of less than 64MB. Larger fragments are left untouched because there was no overall benefit.


You might also want to consider Disk cleanup - TenForumsTutorials


And you can check for errors in Windows system files using
SFC-DISM - TenForumsTutorials
- Use Option 3
- If any files are reported as irreparable, see the note on the coloured background at the end of Option 3 and make sure you are connected to the internet whilst you do it.
- If you want to record or report your results [such as irreparable errors] then use the procedure given in Option 5. This will produce a very small text file that can reasonably be posted for others to review.


And, speaking about breaking things, surely you are not worried about that because you have a good backup routine.
my ditty - File backup vs imaging, imaging utilities, backing up drivers [post #3] - TenForums



All the best,
Denis

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NE5 said:

I used disk cleanup and gained 2 gb of space.Is this a lot ...

Seems normal.

Denis