What is DISC defragmentation and why does it matter? Is your computer running slower than usual? Then it might be time for a disc defragmentation. In this video, we'll be covering disc defragmentation, its importance and how to do it. Before we begin, be sure to describe to ninja one's IT Video hub for more tech content like this. What is disc defragmentation? Over time as you add and delete files, your hard drive can become fragmented, causing your system to slow down. This is known as fragmentation. To alleviate this, we use a process called disc defragmentation, disc defragmentation, or defra reorganizes data and files on your hard drive for easy storage and retrieval. This reorganization allows your system to access files more efficiently. Improving performance regular defragmentation ensures that files are stored in contiguous blocks, reducing the time it takes to read and write data. How to defragment your hard drive. Most modern operating systems, such as Windows 10, come with a built-in disc defragmentation tool for optimizing your hard drive. If you wanna defragment Windows 10 devices, follow these steps. Open the start menu, search for defragment and optimize drives, and choose the hard drive you wanna defra select optimize. This will start the Defragmentation process. Windows 10 also has an automatic DEFRAGMENTATION feature that runs in the background. Here's how you can enable automatic defragmentation feature. Open the start menu, search for defragment and optimize drives. Then open the optimized drives window. Click on change settings. Check the box next to run on a schedule, and choose your preferred DEFRAGMENTATION frequency. For more information, check out our official blog post on what is disc defragmentation and why does it matter? Linked in the description below.