

It is suggested to use the custom folder defrag option instead if you want to defragment a game folder. Please note that you can only add games that are not stored on a Solid State Drive, and that you cannot pick a game folder but only an executable or link file. The option of Smart Defrag enables you to add games on your hard drive to run defrag operations on them. Games can benefit a lot from defragmentation as they consist of a lot of files and are fairly large usually. If you are running Windows 8 or newer, you will also see an option to "optimize apps" which will either run a defrag or TRIM operation depending on whether the Windows drive is a Solid State Drive or a platter-based hard drive. Smart Defrag displays an option on the main screen (scroll if you don't see it) to add files or folders that you want to defrag. You will also see activity on the map but that is more for show than useful.Ī click on details lists all fragmented files, but there is no option unfortunately to select individual files here for defragmentation. Once you start a defragmentation process, the estimated remaining time is displayed by Smart Defrag. The defragmentation of the drive may take a while depending on its fragmentation status and speed.

You may pick any of the other actions listed here, for instance to defragment large files only. Naturally, you are not limited to selecting the recommended action. What you need to do instead is select "smart defrag" instead or move the mouse over the arrow next to it to select the recommended action. fast defrag but that option is not actionable there. The program displays a reocmmendation, e.g. Smart Defrag reveals the number of fragments and fragmented files that it found during the scan, and the overall fragmentation rate on top of that. You may want to start with an analysis of platter-based drives connected to the PC which should not take longer than a minute even for large drives.
