Windows 10 And 8.1 Disk Tools – Clean up, Defragment, Check Disk Video Tutorial

 

In Windows 10 and 8.1 there are a number of disk tools to help performance. IN this video we look at the disk clean up feature, how to defragment the hard disk and also how to check the hard disk for errors and repair if any are found.

 






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1. 00:00:00:06 / 00:00:05:51 - I could day to you in this video we'll
2. 00:00:03:50 / 00:00:08:06 - have a look at basically some of the
3. 00:00:05:51 / 00:00:10:37 - disk features and functions that can be
4. 00:00:08:06 / 00:00:13:41 - used within Windows 10 they're also
5. 00:00:10:38 / 00:00:15:96 - available in Windows 8.1 one is disk
6. 00:00:13:41 / 00:00:17:60 - cleanup ok basically I'll cancel out of
7. 00:00:15:96 / 00:00:20:93 - that and I'll show you what we need to
8. 00:00:17:60 / 00:00:23:07 - do ok it basically cleans up excess
9. 00:00:20:93 / 00:00:26:84 - files files that mean you may not need
10. 00:00:23:07 / 00:00:27:77 - anymore ok and we just come over here so
11. 00:00:26:84 / 00:00:30:26 - it's right-click on that and then click
12. 00:00:27:77 / 00:00:34:04 - on properties and then click disk
13. 00:00:30:26 / 00:00:37:22 - cleanup ok and then that'll basically
14. 00:00:34:04 / 00:00:39:05 - scan our computer for files that we may
15. 00:00:37:22 / 00:00:41:25 - or may not want for example temporary
16. 00:00:39:05 / 00:00:43:50 - Internet files we've used in the past we
17. 00:00:41:25 / 00:00:45:11 - might not want them offline web pages
18. 00:00:43:50 / 00:00:48:17 - probably not anymore
19. 00:00:45:11 / 00:00:49:50 - ok delivery optimization files recycle
20. 00:00:48:17 / 00:00:52:01 - bin you might want to clean that if it's
21. 00:00:49:50 / 00:00:53:75 - going to be temporary files ok we're
22. 00:00:52:02 / 00:00:56:34 - taking off right now there's nothing on
23. 00:00:53:75 / 00:00:59:07 - the computer ok in those sections
24. 00:00:56:34 / 00:01:01:64 - however they can take up quite some
25. 00:00:59:07 / 00:01:03:57 - space you might end up with like 10 gig
26. 00:01:01:64 / 00:01:05:48 - that's showing over there
27. 00:01:03:57 / 00:01:07:59 - ok clean up system files that's another
28. 00:01:05:48 / 00:01:12:03 - option if you want to go even further
29. 00:01:07:59 / 00:01:16:52 - and then basically remove even more to
30. 00:01:12:03 / 00:01:19:14 - Kyle I'd save hard disk space recover it
31. 00:01:16:51 / 00:01:21:56 - ok and it brings up almost the same
32. 00:01:19:14 / 00:01:25:59 - window ok you'd pick what you want to
33. 00:01:21:56 / 00:01:27:23 - remove again ok and then the more
34. 00:01:25:59 / 00:01:29:54 - options is the one that is actually
35. 00:01:27:23 / 00:01:32:32 - really quite interesting it's a system
36. 00:01:29:54 / 00:01:35:82 - report restore every time Windows
37. 00:01:32:32 / 00:01:38:12 - updates itself or when you add new
38. 00:01:35:81 / 00:01:42:14 - programs or there are major changes made
39. 00:01:38:12 / 00:01:44:90 - Windows create a system restore point
40. 00:01:42:15 / 00:01:46:64 - and that also takes up quite a huge
41. 00:01:44:90 / 00:01:48:65 - amount of space they can run the gates
42. 00:01:46:64 / 00:01:53:51 - ok so if you want to clean up and just
43. 00:01:48:65 / 00:01:55:29 - me for example the last the very most
44. 00:01:53:51 / 00:02:02:34 - recent one that's fine you can click on
45. 00:01:55:29 / 00:02:04:82 - that delete ok there we go and that will
46. 00:02:02:34 / 00:02:06:75 - take a few moments to come basically
47. 00:02:04:82 / 00:02:09:26 - once you're able to click backwards it's
48. 00:02:06:75 / 00:02:11:45 - deleted that and then you just click ok
49. 00:02:09:27 / 00:02:13:40 - and then that will
50. 00:02:11:45 / 00:02:15:35 - make sure that all those are the files
51. 00:02:13:40 / 00:02:17:78 - are deleted it can take some time
52. 00:02:15:35 / 00:02:19:68 - regarding the windows update files it
53. 00:02:17:78 / 00:02:23:00 - can take quite some time on that point
54. 00:02:19:68 / 00:02:24:79 - so that's how to save some space okay on
55. 00:02:23:00 / 00:02:28:59 - your hard disk quite a lot sometimes
56. 00:02:24:79 / 00:02:35:15 - okay let's show you another option okay
57. 00:02:28:59 / 00:02:39:29 - basically properties okay and disk
58. 00:02:35:15 / 00:02:42:65 - defrag okay it's over here okay
59. 00:02:39:29 / 00:02:45:12 - basically over time the hard disk can
60. 00:02:42:65 / 00:02:47:18 - start to become a little bit slower when
61. 00:02:45:12 / 00:02:49:76 - you think these are lots of programs and
62. 00:02:47:18 / 00:02:53:40 - they're quite big in size it starts to
63. 00:02:49:76 / 00:02:55:25 - put shall we say the file is broken up
64. 00:02:53:40 / 00:02:58:13 - in little fragments scattered all across
65. 00:02:55:25 / 00:03:00:20 - the hard disk now having them all next
66. 00:02:58:13 / 00:03:04:01 - to each other obviously speeds up the
67. 00:03:00:20 / 00:03:08:21 - read time and also can help with drive
68. 00:03:04:00 / 00:03:09:53 - durability etc etc so once you all get
69. 00:03:08:21 / 00:03:12:15 - to the screen you click on there and
70. 00:03:09:53 / 00:03:13:88 - then you would click optimize what it
71. 00:03:12:15 / 00:03:17:48 - will do it'll basically check to see
72. 00:03:13:88 / 00:03:19:84 - what percentage of the disc is defrag is
73. 00:03:17:48 / 00:03:22:37 - fragmented and then it will basically
74. 00:03:19:84 / 00:03:24:41 - spend some time this can run into an
75. 00:03:22:37 / 00:03:26:03 - hour or hour's worth of time depending
76. 00:03:24:41 / 00:03:29:66 - on the size of your hard disk how much
77. 00:03:26:03 / 00:03:31:79 - you have installed etc okay it doesn't
78. 00:03:29:66 / 00:03:36:51 - really have much benefit if you are
79. 00:03:31:79 / 00:03:39:56 - using shall we say SSD solid state disks
80. 00:03:36:50 / 00:03:41:60 - okay the modern and I like almost like
81. 00:03:39:56 / 00:03:43:58 - hard disks that are made of made of
82. 00:03:41:60 / 00:03:44:69 - memory chips okay so if you're using the
83. 00:03:43:59 / 00:03:46:94 - old disk ones
84. 00:03:44:69 / 00:03:50:43 - this actually is quite good if you're
85. 00:03:46:94 / 00:03:54:18 - not I wouldn't quite use it for that
86. 00:03:50:43 / 00:03:58:16 - okay let's just stop that okay at this
87. 00:03:54:18 / 00:04:00:71 - point okay another thing is ever
88. 00:03:58:16 / 00:04:04:16 - checking it's always good to do a quick
89. 00:04:00:71 / 00:04:07:28 - scan of your hard disk or disks okay to
90. 00:04:04:16 / 00:04:08:90 - make sure that they're all okay this
91. 00:04:07:28 / 00:04:11:72 - roughly takes about a minute or two max
92. 00:04:08:90 / 00:04:15:53 - you know or four minutes over here there
93. 00:04:11:72 / 00:04:21:04 - we go okay it'll quickly diagnose the
94. 00:04:15:53 / 00:04:21:04 - drive based on its file tables etc
95. 00:04:21:41 / 00:04:26:82 - and then it should come up and say
96. 00:04:24:18 / 00:04:28:06 - everything's okay if it's not it will
97. 00:04:26:82 / 00:04:29:34 - try and repair it if it's unable to
98. 00:04:28:06 / 00:04:31:56 - repair it you'll say I need to reboot
99. 00:04:29:35 / 00:04:33:66 - either yes and then you just restart
100. 00:04:31:56 / 00:04:37:56 - your computer and every boots and then
101. 00:04:33:66 / 00:04:40:56 - repairs the computer at the remove time
102. 00:04:37:56 / 00:04:44:66 - okay there's a few tools hopefully does
103. 00:04:40:56 / 00:04:44:66 - have helped you thank you for watching



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