Running out of space? Don’t fret, de-fragging the Hard Drive of your computer is a spooky sounding yet simple process to clear up some space.
Please note that if you have a SSD(Solid State Drive) you should OPTIMIZE rather than DEFRAG due to the way the drives work, DE-FRAGGING a SSD will hurt and decrease the lifespan of the drive.
We need to open up the built in De-fragging tool in Windows.
To do this, we first open the start menu(pressing the keyboard’s windows key is quick). From here you can simply type “defrag”. Windows may take a second to search through everything, but once done, under “Best Match” you should see a option that says “Defragment and Optimize Drives”. Select it and let’s head to the next step!
Sidenote: It’s typically not best practice to “Optimize” or “Defrag” a drive containing archive files like the ones Paragon Backup uses. This is because one of the primary functions of de-fragging is to move files, which is potentially hazardous to more sensitive and imperative files.
