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Welcome to part six of the nine-part FPS boosting guide. My name is Ben and I will be telling
you about computer storage in this video. Your computer most likely has a Hard Disk
Drive, or HDD. But there is another type of storage that is becoming more popular due
to its speed. It is called a Solid State Drive, or SSD. SSDs are faster than your typical
HDD. I'm sure many of you have heard of SSDs making computer boot-up times nearly 10 times
faster, but they are relatively expensive. You could obviously spend hundreds of dollars
more to buy an SSD with equivalent storage and have your computer access the files quicker
than it would with a HDD, but most people can't afford this. Just keep in mind, SSDs
are the future of computer storage. Now there is one way to get your HDD to perform a bit
better for free, and this is done by defragging. Defragging is the process of reorganizing
files to maximize disk space and improve performance. Note that defragging should only be done to
HDDs and not SSDs. There are many programs you can use to defrag your computer, and Windows
even has one built in. If you'd like to use the built in defragmenter, go to the Start
Menu and search for "Disk Defragmenter". You can Analyze and Defrag your disks manually,
but it is usually set to defrag at a certain time, which can change by clicking the "Configure
Schedule" button at the top. If you'd like a third-party defragmenter, a highly used
program is called Smart Defrag, and there is a link in the description to download it.
After the install, you can Analyze and Defrag, with options to Fast Optimize or Fully Optimize
your HDD. This will give you a visual of the process while it defrags. In the next section,
I'll show you how to turn off specific services for faster boot-up and run times, optimizing
your PCs performance. You can click any of the annotations on-screen
to view a different part of the series or click the big box to view the next video.