Open “Search” by pressing on the magnifying mirror icon in the Task Bar and typing “disk defrag.”.You can do this using the defrag tool built into Windows. ![]() If you feel like your non-SSD hard drive is slowing down, then you should check to see how fragmented it is. SSDs work a little differently, and while they never need defragmentation (because fragmentation relates to where the data is physically stored on the drive, which isn’t a factor on SSD), they do sometimes need optimizing. Traditional SATA hard drives may have largely made way for much faster solid-state drives, but they’re still very popular and remain an affordable way to store things like pictures, videos and other non-strenuous file types. On Dell and HP laptops, you should be able to check hard drive health by going to the BIOS and looking for “Diagnostics.” 2. ![]() ![]() The BIOS is also a good place to see whether the hard drive you want to check is actually being detected by your PC/motherboard.
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