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Originally Posted by RB
From what I remember, I used to empty the Trash folder then Defrag.
There was a great third party defrag utility that I used.
Can’t remember its name but it would reposition all the files or something so there’s less seek times.(?)
I could be wrong but that’s what I remember.
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yeah don't do this. Defragging is not necessary on an SSD - that only helps with platter hard drives...on an SSD one memory location is just as fast as any other...
SSD's also have a limited lifespan, and defragging can actually shorten it by unnecessary reads/writes.
my XP machines would all turn into a donkey after about 12 months - i kept my all my files on a separate disk and rebuilt the system (c:\) from scratch every xmas holidays.
Cleaning out bloatware does help, but some traces are left behind in the registry, so if you are continually installing/uninstalling apps this can clutter it up.
Also dont put anything on the desktop - shortcuts are fine, but if you store files themselves on the desktop it really bogs the system. (forget exactly why)
these problems largely went away with win7,10,11....
In order truly diagnose whats going on though - i suggest you run perfmon and see if its actually the disk thats the problem - if the disk light is on all the time, thats a good indicator, but there could be something else holding 'er up...