Your company's IT department has received complaints from employees about their computers running slowly. Upon investigation, you find that the hard drives on these computers are almost full, which could be negatively impacting the system's performance. What disk management task should you perform first to address this issue?
Defragment the hard drives to optimize data access
Increase the size of the existing partitions on the hard drives
Convert the file system from FAT32 to NTFS to improve efficiency
Clean up unnecessary files to free up space on the hard drives
Upgrade the hard drives to a higher RPM model for better performance
Cleaning up unnecessary files should be performed first to free up space on the hard drives. A full hard drive can cause the computer to slow down, as the operating system struggles with disk space allocation for tasks like caching and temporary file storage. Removing unnecessary files can quickly yield significant improvements in performance without impacting the user's data or system functionality. Other options, such as defragmenting the drive or expanding the partition, do not directly address the issue of the drive being full and may not be possible without first freeing up space.
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