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quartz007

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1. Run Registry Cleaner as well

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 04:18 PM

Apr 2018

As for defragging hard disk/electronic storage, Microsoft software in my Windows 7 is excruciatingly slow. Get a free defrag from Auslogics.. it works much faster and gives a great visual image of which files are being defragged.

Also periodically clean out browsing history, which can build up huge.

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Defragmenting my laptop? [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 OP

Run Registry Cleaner as well quartz007 Apr 2018 #1

Auslogics -- thanks left-of-center2012 May 2018 #4

hmmm...mine is older than the hills quartz007 May 2018 #5

I'll keep an eye on it left-of-center2012 May 2018 #6

I thought we no longer needed to defrag our computers. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #2

Windows 10 will do it automatically once the level of fragging gets a certain level mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #3