Hard disk keeps all the files on your computer. Work of each program and even the most operating system It depends in many respects from your hard disk. Therefore, it is important that it is in perfect condition and was optimized.

Optimization of the hard disk operation in Windows 7

Disk optimization is a complex process that includes several actions. These actions differ depending on whether you use SSD or HDD.

Extended disk cleaning in Windows 7

The first step in optimizing the disk operation should be clean. Temporary files and other garbage will smoke with time on the disk and slow down its operation. To remove them, we use the system utility "Cleaning the disk". We do the following:

In addition, you can delete additional files in the "Clear system files" But it is not all. You can access the extended disk cleaning by entering the command in command line. For this:

Disk defragment in Windows 7

Defragmentation of the hard disk - the basis of its optimization. If over time your disk started working slower than before, and the response when opening files and launch programs has become much larger, then your hard disk needs defragmentation. By itself, this process is to move the fragments of files to each other for faster access to them. The need for defragmentation occurs in the case when these pieces are active use Discs are recorded on different sections of this disk.

In the process of defragmentation, all red areas will be nearby, providing fast access to file.

Disk defragmentation should be carried out as needed. Before defragment, you should allow the utility to analyze the fragmentedness of all sections and issue a report. If the share of fragmented files will be 10% or more, then it is necessary to defragment them, but less than 10%, then with defragmentation you can postpone.

By default, automatic defragmentation is enabled in the Windows 7 operating system. It is configured on Wednesday and turns on at night. Nevertheless, depending on your schedule, the computer may not be enough or the defragmentation process may be interrupted by you. In this case, it is necessary to run it manually. This is done as follows:

It is worth mentioning that defragmentation is a rather long process. You may have to spend waiting for several hours.

Video: How to perform disk defragmentation on Windows 7

SSD Optimization on Windows 7

If you have a SSD drive, the situation is somewhat different. It does not require defragmentation, and the system takes into account this. Automatic defragmentation will not be carried out when using an SSD disk. But in the case of a similar drive, there are a number of other actions that may contribute to an increase in the speed of the disk. And instead of doing configuration SSD drive Manually, it will be easier to use a special program - SSD Mini Tweaker.

After downloading the program from the Internet and download it the following:

Complex setting up your SSD drive was made. Of course, you can set up most of these options yourself, but it will take much more time. And you can also get information about each option that this program changes if you read the reference data.

In the Help you will find information about all SSD Disc Settings

Video: How to configure the SSD system using SSD Mini Tweaker

Utility "Disk Management"

To configure the disk you may need access to the disk management system. With it, you can change the disconnecting disk, divide the disk to the virtual volumes or, on the contrary, combine them together, which can be convenient to create a separate partition under the operating system. In the future, this can help avoid loss of important data and provide the possibility of formatting a section without the risk of removal file required.

To interact with the disk, use the context menu: it is called by pressing the right mouse button

To open the disk management manager in Windows 7, it suffices to call the "Run" menu by pressing the Win + R keys and enter the command "diskmgmt.msc" there.

Enter the "diskmgmt.msc" command and click OK

Actions in the dispatcher itself are produced mainly using the context menu. That is, it is enough to choose the desired disk and call the menu by pressing the right mouse button.

Fixing errors with a hard disk

Let's figure out how to solve the most common mistakes from those that may arise with your hard disk.

The disk is defined as a dynamic foreign (indefinite)

If you have found in the controller that the disk is defined not as a basic, but as dynamic with the assicious "indefinite" or "foreign", then, most likely, you will not be able to access the data on this disk.

Dynamic foreign disk will not properly work

You can correct this error using special programs. To correct, we need to convert dynamic disk back to the basic, and this can be done using the demon paid program Testdisk or paid Acronis DISK. Director. The possibilities of a paid program, of course, wider, and on its example, we will analyze this process. Make the following actions:

Of course, if the malfunction arose on a disk with an installed operating system, you will not be able to access it. The solution here is simple - insert the disk into another computer as an additional and make all the steps you need, and then return it to the place when the disc work is restored.

Video: Working with Acronis Disk Director

Windows 7 detected a hard disk malfunction

If, with any verification, the system issued a message about malfunctions in the work of the hard disk, the first thing you should do is back up the required files. While your disk is still functions, copy all the necessary files from the disk to another drive or fill them into the cloud. In the future, it can help you save these files if the problems are aggravated.

Determine with what kind of disk you have a problem, you can, carefully examining the error message. There will be an alphabetic designation of the virtual disk section.

At the bottom of the notification you will see a disconnection of the disk

The error could arise for the following reasons:

• problems appeared directly with the drive itself. It may be a consequence of it physical damage or contamination. In this case, it is recommended to give your drive to service center for diagnosis and troubleshooting;
• problems with the operating system. In case of damage to certain system files with viruses, the error may appear by itself without reasons for the disk side. In this case, it is recommended to check the system antivirus programsAnd then make the restoration of damaged files using the installation disk.

Regardless of the cause of the problem, the best thing you can do is save your files in advance. If the error message continues to appear, and you want to get rid of it, you can disable the disk diagnostic system. This is done as follows:

Disc formatting to install the Windows 7 operating system

For more efficient work disk when reinstalling Windows It is recommended to format it, that is, a complete cleaning of the disk from files on it. You can format the disc right during windows installations 7. Be sure to do backups All the necessary files, as when formatting, they will be completely removed. To start formatting:

Thus, formatting is carried out quickly and without special delights. In addition, it is possible to format using special programs. For example, this feature is mentioned above acronis program Disk Director. The program must be recorded on the disk, and the disc itself is selected as the loading device. This can be done in the Boot BIOS menu or by pressing the appropriate key when the computer is turned on (depends on the version of your BIOS).

As the first boot device, install CD / DVD

After the program with the program is loaded, we do the following:

Disc Work Programs

There are many programs that can help you with optimization, cleaning or other actions with your drives. We will analyze the possibilities of some of them.

CCleaner Disk Cleaning Program

Display cleaning includes deleting temporary files and installed applications By selecting a user. Good program Cleaning can delete your browser cache and temporary files of various programs, to diagnose the system. And one of best programs In this area is CCleaner. This program has the following features:

• automation of system cleaning;
• fully harmless and secure cleaning of temporary files, as well as analysis of the registry damage and its correction;
• work with all popular browsers.

The program interface is simple and convenient, suitable for beginners who wish to regularly clean their computer from garbage. In addition, the free version of the program is not trimmed in functionality and has the same opportunities as paid.

Ccleaner will help you configure the autoload of applications, which will also speed up the computer.

CCleaner - Popular Disk Cleaning Program

Video: CCleaner program and its basic functions

Easeus Disk Copy Cloning Program

Under cloning in this case, the transfer of information from a single disk to another is implied. It can be extremely useful when reinstalling the system. The Easeus Disk Copy program is an excellent free solution for this task. It is different:

• the ability to work with any operating system;
• disc support volume to terabyte;
• high cloning speed;
• simple interface for novice users;
• support dynamic disks.

In general, it copes perfectly with the task for which it was created, and its only serious minus can be called the absence of Russian language in the program.

Easeus Disk Copy - Disk Cloning Program

Restoring disk partitions using Starus Partition Recovery

In case of damage to the hard disk partition, one of the special recovery programs can help - Starus Partition Recovery. She copes well with this task. The main features of this program:

• deep disc scanning for damage;
• restoration of sections that were damaged or removed;
• restore information on any type of media;
• comprehensive analysis of the disk.

The program is considered simple and efficient in the circle of users.

Starus Partition Recovery can restore damaged sections of your disk

Disk Drive Emulation Program Daemon Tools

If you are gathered to reinstall the system, you can not do without a flexible tool to create virtual disks. Daemon Tools Lite or other version daemon programs Tools will help you create installation disk Or make virtual disks. The program also makes it possible to create several virtual drives immediately and their simultaneous use.

Work in this program simply and restrictions free version Programs are not too noticeable.

Daemon Tools - Program for creating and using virtual disks

Video: Review of the program Daemon Tools Lite

It is important to know how to configure your hard disk for efficient work. The disk optimization process is not one-time and the actions to improve its operation should be made from time to time throughout the life of the device. Now you know how easy it is to easily improve your disk with the Windows 7 operating system.

Disk management is a built-in in Windows utilitywhich allows to govern Storage devices of a computer without using third-party software. Of course, the functionality is not distinguished by a large variety, but the basic tasks for controlling drives can be performed.

Article Actual for all versions of windows Starting with seven.

Open Management Console

To get into the control utility is enough run command Interpreter (Simultaneous pressing WIN. + R.) and enter the command diskmgmt.. mSC.. This method works on all operating systems above Windows 7.

There is another way - to open control Panelgo to the folder Administration and run. On the right side of the window that opened the window is chosen the required component.

In addition, in the new Windows OS, you can click right keymice on the button start And run the utility.

Interface and available operations

The utility interface is simple enough and intuitively understood. Top part contains information on physical storage devices, and nizhny Provides breakdown data.

In the lower part Opposite the name of the drive, a ruler is cloted separated by multi-colored rectangles. They are showing split drive to logical sections. This indicates the size and name. The colors are decrypted at the bottom of the window.

All actions are made by pressing right mouse button on the disk. The upper and lower part is identical, so it does not matter where to call the control menu.

However, some possibilities are called in menu "Action"located on top.

Consider main features Disks control.

• The first two points Open and Conductor Just open the disk itself.
• Change letters Calls to change the volume label. Those. You can delete or change the drive letter to an arbitrary but not occupied in the system.
• Formatting erase all the ypnoromation.
• Expansion of Toma Allows you to resize. And not only to increase, but also reduce. However, all information on the logical disk will be deleted.
• Compression It makes it possible to compress all the information that is located on the selected volume.
• Removal - Just removes volume, leaving unallocated space.

Disc conversion

We will not consider the above operations in detail, and we will affect conversion From GPT in MBR and in the opposite direction. With Windows 10 output, this operation has become very relevant.

It is worth noting that this procedure requires complete removal All information on the carrier, so it is pre-kept data from the device.

If the device is new and does not contain structures, then we automatically Suggest converting it to MBR or GPT.

Storage with structure MBR Determined by any computer and any OS of the WINDOVS family. But modern PCs use GPT.because MBR has some restrictions:

• The size Logical volume should not exceed 2 terabytes
• On the device you can create not more than 4. major sections.

Because Modern drives have much more size, then these restrictions make the use of MBR not relevant.

For comparison, disk with structureGPT. may contain up to 128 sectionsand the size can be up to billion terabytes.

The conversion process itself is quite simple. Choose device, press it right-click on it and select item Transform B.GPT. (or MBR).

Basic and dynamic disk

WINDOVS allows configure Drive, like basic or dynamic. Usually computers use basic discs. But dynamic allow you to implement Advanced OS capabilities, such as creating mirror, alternating or composite volumes.

For the conversion, a context menu is used, which can be called by pressing the right mouse button on the disk.

Types of volumes

Consider in more detail:

• Base - Standard for sections
• Composite - Combines two disks. First, the data is written to one device, after filling it, the entry goes to another disk.
• Alternate - also uses multiple disks to record, but the data is written alternately to all volumes of volume. This provides maximum access speed.
• Mirror - The recording occurs simultaneously by two devices. Thus, the failure of one of them will not affect the safety of data. Access speed in this case may be lower.

Those who worked with drives can remind RAID. So, only in this case does not require the use of the RAID controller.

Creating a virtual disk

It is worth mentioning another feature of the disk management is to create a virtual disk. It can be said that this is a disk on the physical disk. Something he resembles the usual form ISO.

It is often used to work with virtual machines . Stored such a device in format VHD.

It is simple to create it enough. Go to the menu Actionswhere you choose the item Create virtual disk . Choose location and volume After that confirm by pressing the button OK.

Disk management is a built-in utility designed to work with connected to a computer drives. With it, you can create and delete sections, assign the letters and much more. In this small article, we will tell about how to open drives in operating windows systems 7 and Windows 10.

Method # 1. Context menu Icons "My Computer".

If you need to open drives, then the most simple way It is the context menu of the "My Computer" icons. In order to use this way, you need to click on the right mouse on the "My Computer" icon (or on the computer icon if you have Windows 10) and select "Control" in the context menu that opens.

After that, the Computer Management window opens. Now, in order to log in to drive, simply open the appropriate section.

Method No. 2. Execution of the "diskmgmt.msc" command.

You can also go to the disc management by executing the "diskmgmt.msc" command. To do this, open the "Run" window using the Windows-R keys combination, enter "diskmgmt.msc" and press the input key.

Also, the "diskmgmt.msc" command can be entered into command windows string Or just in the search string in the "Start" menu. This method will also work.

Method number 3. Context menu of the "Start" button.

If you use Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, then you can open disk management using the Start button context menu. To do this, click right-click on the "Start" button (or press the combination windows-X keys) And in the menu that opens, select "Disk Management".

In Windows 7, the disk management program It gives much more opportunities than similar in Windows XP, starting at least with the possibility of controlling the size of the section. Of course, the number of operations with sections is not as large as in specialized programs (such as Acronis Disk Director, for example), and the combination of sections without losing data on one of them is not yet possible. But it is not necessary to forget that this is not a specialized program, but a functional integrated in OS and, in general, it is quite convenient and does not require additional programsnor any special knowledge or experience.

Let's try to conduct an easy operation to create a new section, highlighting the space from the existing one for it. The example will use a configuration with one partition on the disk. In this case, the possibility of creating a second section may not be as impressed by the way.

Open the disk management snap

Click Start - Enter Diskmgmt.msc in the search bar - enter Enter

Or on the shortcut, my computer right-click and select Control, then on the left side of the Computer Management Console, select Drive Management

You will see all the discs connected in this momentAnd all sections on them. In this case, we will be interested in the C drive, due to the free space on which we will create new section.

Before you start, I would like to prepare the appointment of disc letters at my own. For example, it is convenient for me when logic disks are designated alphabetically one by one, and already behind them CD / DVD-drive, interchangeable media and connected network drives.

Therefore, we begin by changing the letter of the disk of our DVD drive, which in this case is assigned the letter D.

In drive control, press the right mouse button on Disk D and in the context menu, select "Change the letter of the disk or the path to the disk"

In the window that opens, click the Edit button.

In the next, select the new letter from the list, which we assign the drive (in my case it is the letter E)

Click OK and in this window and yes in the system warning window.

Now, when we create a new Tom, the letter D will be appointed.

On the disk with the right mouse button and select "Compress Tom"

After that you will see the following message.

In the next section of the section management wizard, you will see information about the general disk space A C, an accessible disk space, which can be allocated to another partition, and you can specify the number of megabytes to which the current section will be compressed.

In the same window, click the Slit button to start the compression section.

After executing the compression procedure, which will take some time, you will see a new retained section in the disk control snap-in.

Now we need to create a new Tom, appoint him a letter and format.

Press the right mouse button on the new section and select "Create a simple volume ..."

In the first window of the New Tom Wizard window, click Next. Specify the size of the new volume. By default, it is proposed to use all available space in a retained section. It suits us, so push further.

In the next step, you will be prompted to choose a disc letter for a new volume. In our case, we took care of it in step 1.1, so I press further

In the next wizard window, we will be prompted to format the new section, select the cluster size and specify the label. By default, the new label is indicated as " New volume»It is unlikely that you want that in your explorer you can have it, so enter your Tom label or leave this field empty. Since we have a new section, I do not see the point of doing full formatting, Make fast - this is at least faster.

The next step will summarize all our settings done earlier with the new section, and we only have to press the Finish button.

Now you see that we have instead of one section with there are two - C and D

That's all, we "bit off" a little space on the disk with and received the second section, with which I congratulate:

Similarly, you can enlarge the C disk at the expense of another section (next for C). Mandatory condition for this is that the section next for the first (C) must be basic as C. It should not be additional, or both united volumes must be located on one additional section. Naturally, such a procedure provides for the presence of a unallocated space, which means if we do "merge" C and D, without losing data on the latter, nothing will happen, as it is necessary to remove the volume before using it for expansion.

The rest of the sequence is almost reverse.

Remove the D disc in the disk control snap. To do this, on the disk D, right-click and select Delete Tom

You will be shown a warning system that all data on the removable section will be lost, you will have to agree:

Now we have unallocated space, which we use to increase the volume of the disk S.

Press the right mouse button on the disk from and select "Expand Tom" in the context menu

The Tom Control Wizard will start, on the first window of the wizard, click Next and the next window will open in which you will be selected from which the C drive will be expanded in our case. In our case, this section is one and it is already selected by default.

Here, in fact, all - we got one big section instead of two smaller, and at the same time on the first section all the data remained intact.

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How to split the hard disk to sections in Windows 7?

Do you have a laptop with Windows 7? Then you may encounter the presence of only one local disk C. This may not be convenient: If necessary, reinstall the system or make a rollback, all important information will need to be postponed manually to external media. After you can play the formatting of the local disk and then install the operating system. The presence of several local disks will initially save the necessary information not in the section where system files are contained. This will make it possible to format a local disk with, without fear of losing important files. Therefore, for convenience and greater reliability, the hard disk must be divided into sections.

The procedure refers to pretty simple, it will not require the download of additional software. After all, in Windows 7 there is a built-in utility that will make it easily split the disk. The breakdown will take place without losing any information, so there is no need to transfer files to external media before the procedure. Break the hard disk and create new sections is possible only in the presence of sufficient free space.

How to go to the "Disk Management" section in Windows 7?

• Enough to enter the "Start", and in the search to enter "diskmgmt.msc". The application of the same name will need to open.
• If you want to start an application with administrator rights, then it is enough to press "Win + R", after which you also enter "diskmgmt.msc" and press the "ENTER" button.
• Also in Windows 7, you can go to the "Disk Management" section using the Control Panel (Control Panel -\u003e Administration -\u003e Computer Management -\u003e Disk Management)

In the center at the top you can see the available sections hard disks. Below is the number of physical hard drives, optical drives, as well as external driveswhich were installed. On the image, the disc C is already broken, so the breakdown will be shown on the example of the disk "J", which has no significant value.

Creating a new section

To create a new partition in Windows 7, you can use unbalanced space, but it may be missing. To create it, it is enough to do:

• You need to select a partition that has sufficient free space, and right-click. After that, you need to choose the item "Squeeze volume ...". Remember, in the presence of several sections, it is better not a system volume.

As a result, the window will populate, just wait for the end of the process.

• After some time, a new window will be opened, where you will need to specify the size of the space that you decide to compress. The maximum value will already be indicated in the window manifested, but you can specify a smaller size. The value you specify will be the size of the future logical disk. Remember that it is for this amount that the compressible disk will be reduced, so the use of the maximum value is not recommended. After entering the required value, it is enough to click the "Compress" button.

It will be necessary to wait some time, which depends on the fragmentedness of the compressive partition and its volume.

Conversion to the hard disk section

After the data of manipulations in the "Disk Management" window will be created an additional partition with a black stripe from above. Here will be indicated, as well as the word "not distributed". This space needs to be converted to section hard disk. You must click on the right mouse button and select the "Create Simple Tom" line.

Enough to choose in it maximum size And click "Next." In conclusion, it will be necessary to assign a letter that will be the "name" of the disk and click "Next".

Then you need to put a tick about "formatting this volume as follows:". IN file System Specify NTFS. And the size of the cluster is default. Toma Tag is the name of the disk that was created. You must put a tick opposite "Fast Formatting", but there is no need to apply file compression and folders. After that, it is enough to press "Next" and you will have an inscription: "Completing the wizard creating a simple volume". You need to check everything again and click the "Finish" button.

As a result, the HDD managed to split using Windows 7. All ready to work. After completion of the procedure, you can no longer be afraid that during the recovery of the system, personal information will be deleted.

It must be remembered that one hard disk allows you to create only 4 major sections.

What if the Windows 7 disk failed to break?

During the breakdown of the disk in Windows 7, difficulties may arise associated with the availability of files (hidden and system), which could not be moved to another place.

In this case, you need to use third-party utilities (acronis or paragon), which also allow you to split the disk. You can also download with boot disk Any OS, after which to deterrate the department.

To split the disk in Windows 7 you need to have administrator rights or archive operator on this PC. Thanks windows 7 You can compress the volume before the file size that cannot be moved.