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  1. 05-30-2013, 12:14 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by austinite View Post
    No. Formatting is wiping the drive clean and starting fresh. Defragmenting is a process that organizes and compresses files and folders so that your computer runs more efficiently.
    Thanks. I defragment regularly, or at least I used to. Can't figure out how to do it on Windows 8, but haven't tried googling the answer yet either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnabolicDoc View Post
    Thanks. I defragment regularly, or at least I used to. Can't figure out how to do it on Windows 8, but haven't tried googling the answer yet either.
    That's because they changed the process name to Optimize Drive.

    My Computer --> Select a drive --> Manage --> optimize.
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