Schedule Windows 8 Disk Defragmentation Using dfrgui.exe


It’s easy enough to run a disk defragmentation, but you can also easily schedule this using dfrgui.exe in Win7 and 8

Optimize hard drives

Disk defragmentation is the can improve the speed of your system when you’re working on day to day tasks. Since the disk contains your entire system data, it is important to check its health from time to time. This short tutorial explains step by step how to schedule a disk defragmentation in Windows 8 so that it automatically runs in the background from time to time

1. Type dfrgui.exe in Run and press Enter.

Type dfrgui.exe in Run

2. Now click Turn on. In case it is turned on before, you would see change settings.

Change settings

3. Change the schedule if you want. Check Run on a schedule. You can select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. Now click OK. You might be prompted with administrator’s password, confirm it

Optimize the drives

If you easily forget things, you should definitely schedule disk defragmentation

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