{"id":362,"date":"2017-12-13T16:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=362"},"modified":"2017-12-14T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:42:13","slug":"optimize-drives-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/speedup\/optimize-drives-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Optimize Drives by Schedule In Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During active use, hard drive performance suffers due to file system fragmentation which notably slows down the access time. Modern Windows versions are smart enough to optimize drives and pick the right optimization method and time period depending on your drive specifications. If you need to change the default schedule, you can do so for individual drives or disable it completely. Here is how.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Optimize Drives by Schedule In Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open <b>File Explorer<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then navigate to the <b>This PC<\/b> folder. Right click the drive you want to change the schedule for and select <b>Properties<\/b> from the context menu.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/windows-10-open-file-explorer.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-file-explorer\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that switch to the <b>Tools<\/b> tab and click the button <b>Optimize<\/b> under <b>Optimize and defragment drive<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/windows-10-optimize-drives.png\" alt=\"windows-10-optimize-drives\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: In the next window, click on the <b>Change settings<\/b> button as shown below.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/windows-10-optimize-drives-change-settings.png\" alt=\"windows-10-optimize-drives-change-settings\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: The next dialog will allow you to adjust the schedule settings. Untick the check box <b>Run on a schedule<\/b> to disable it completely. But when the schedule is enabled, you can select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly frequency according to your needs.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/windows-10-drives-optimization-schedule.png\" alt=\"windows-10-drives-optimization-schedule\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><br \/>\nYou can also turn on the option Notify if three consecutive scheduled runs are missed to stay notified about missed optimizations.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 6: Next to <b>Drives<\/b>, you can click the <b>Choose<\/b> button to specify the drives you want to schedule optimization for.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/windows-10-select-drives-to-optimize.png\" alt=\"windows-10-select-drives-to-optimize\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Optimize Drives By Schedule In Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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