optimize disk in windows 10 as administrator

#Optimize disk in windows 10 as administrator software#

You may also open Start on any version of Windows, type cmd.exe, right-click on the result, and select run as administrator to launch an elevated command prompt window. If you are on Windows 10, use the shortcut Windows-X to display the 'hidden' menu and select Command Prompt (Admin). You need to launch an elevated command prompt to get started. Fixing the 'Optimization not available' issue I decided to try the command line tool defrag first as it is a first-party solution.

#Optimize disk in windows 10 as administrator software#

Two solutions came to my mind: try the command line version of defrag to see if it would work, or use third-party defragmentation software like Smart Defrag, Vopt, Defraggler or Live Defrag. My first assumption was that this might have something to do with encryption, as both volumes were encrypted and only mounted when I needed to access data on them. The analyze and optimize buttons could not be used in the window as they were not active. You can access the Optimize Drives tool by right-clicking on a drive in Explorer, selecting Properties from the context menu, and opening Tools > Optimize. Windows displayed 'Optimization not available' as the status, 'unknown' as the media type, and 'never run' as the last run date and time. I checked Optimize Drives recently and discovered that Windows refused to run on two of the hard drives. Most Windows users and administrators don't need to run these manually anymore, but there are cases where you'd like to do so.