How Many Passes Does Disk Defragmenter Do On Windows 7?
Windows 7 comes with a built-in disk defragmenter. But how many passes does it do? And is there a better way to do it? Defragmenting your hard drive helps it run more smoothly and efficiently by reorganizing the files on the disk so that they are stored more efficiently. The Windows 7 disk defragmenter does three passes, according to Microsoft: “Initialize,” “Scan” and “Optimize.” The Initialize pass looks for large files that may be causing problems and moves them to the beginning of the drive....