How to defragment Windows 8.1

[Human Being]

Operating System is win8.1 with hard disk 1TB.Want to defrag.But I've made several partitions so will I have to defrag each partition or just the main drive that is C: where windows is installed.Because when I open defragment tool that is "Optimize Drives" after navigating to X:>Properties>Tools>Optimize.All of the partitions including hidden that is "Recovery" partition and "System Reserved" partition with C: and other partitions O: ,E: and G:.Which means I have three partitions with one main that is C: where windows,itself is stored.

 

[Reyaz123]

Yes, if you want to defrag all partitions you can but don't need to. Simply defragging only the partitions you use mainly for storage would be beneficial

Use a program like defraggler since it is more effective than the built in windows defragmentation tool

 

[Human Being]

For Example,I want to defrag all of the partitions including C: then I just have to defrag only C: or one by one each?

 

[Reyaz123]

One by one each. Partitions are separated and defragging one partition would not affect the others.


Example: Defragged c drive, but d drive and e drive still need a defragment. In other words, it has to be one by one.

 

[Human Being]

Thanks a ton Reyaz123.

 

[Reyaz123]

No problem, glad I could help

Regards,
-Reyaz