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Win User. ThofikhAhamad Win User. ThofikhAhamad, Dec 20, NortonSupport Win User. Windows 10 and Norton. NortonSupport, Dec 20, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. You could also have some physical issues with the hard drive causing the optimization function to keep retrying to read bad sectors.

First set up the optimization to run as you are going to bed. Then see if it has completed in the morning. Then check your hard disk. Click on the Windows Start button. In the search box type CMD.

Right click on cmd. A message will come up asking if you want to check the disk on the next restart. Answer 'Y'. Reboot and the check disk will run before Windows starts up. This check will check the file system as well as the physical disk surface. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply?. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question It neither increases or decreases space used or free. Windows Defrag runs every three days and optimises program and system startup loading. To circumvent the problem, you need to start Windows 10 in Safe Mode.

Once you enter the Safe Mode, start Disk Defragmenter again and it should work without any problems. If Windows Update cleanup is stuck or takes forever to run, after a while click on Cancel. The dialog box will close. Now run Disk Cleanup Tool again as administrator.