You can try and defrag in Safe Mode, after a diskcleanup and chkdsk. If that doesnt work, go in for a third party program. There are many options, free and paid. Some like Diskeeper are completely automatic and defrag even if you have less than 15% free space. Google and check out trial versions.
Disk Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter
Notepad and disk defragmenter do not use the same resources. However, Notepad can be used to open disk defragmenter from the system file.
disk defragmenter
The Disk Defragmenter can be found by pressing the windows button + R and then type "dfrg.msc" without the quotations.
Disk Defragmenter is a very slow program on most computers so it is reccommended that you do not open programs while it is running, or else there is a high risk of crashing your computer. It makes disk defragmenter goes even slower, which would probablly result in crashing the computer.
To open Disk Defragmenter, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.
disk defragmenter
The disk defragmenter reorganizes files and makes the data access fast. This helps keep crucial functions like startup and shutdown fast and smooth as well as prevents performance slowdowns.
No, a Disk Defragmenter is moving the files around so they can be read easier for quicker access. It's not removing them from the computer.
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Disk Defragmenter, Disk cleanup and a portable hard drive.