You Asked: How Many Passes Does Defrag Make Windows 8?

– I found this site which claims that Windows 8 does the defragmentation in two passes. Just minutes ago I finished doing the defragmentation process again on my laptop, since the last time the laptop did not wake up from its sleep mode and I had to restart it. The process reached “Pass 6” before it finished.

How many passes Windows 8 defrag?

10 passes and complete: 3% fragmented. The native defragmenter may be slow but I give it its due; it’s thorough!

How many passes does defragmentation take?

It can take anywhere from 1-2 passes to 40 passes and more to complete. There is no set amount of defrag. You can also manually set the passes required if you use third party tools. Ho much fragmented was your drive?