Windows 10 - Disk Defragmentor

[Deleted]

Hiya,

so i got like 200gb used up on my SSD and when i try to run disk defrag on it.
you get the option optimize only, not analyse - i guess thats cause its the main drive.
any who- Optimize takes seconds where as i know in the past running a full disk defrag usually takes a bit of time?

is it really all disk defragged and ship shape or am i missing something here

[Rixis]

Never defrag an SSD, it's not needed and can cause harm to them.

Windows knows this and won't do a defrag.

[Deleted]

ooooh so what does windows do if u have it set automatically anyway? just skips the drive?

[Rixis]

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheRea...ntYourSSD.aspx

That provides more indepth, but the TL:DR of it is :

No, Windows is not foolishly or blindly running a defrag on your SSD every night, and no, Windows defrag isn't shortening the life of your SSD unnecessarily. Modern SSDs don't work the same way that we are used to with traditional hard drives.

Yes, your SSD's file system sometimes needs a kind of defragmentation and that's handled by Windows, monthly by default, when appropriate. The intent is to maximize performance and a long life. If you disable defragmentation completely, you are taking a risk that your filesystem metadata could reach maximum fragmentation and get you potentially in trouble.

[Justpassing]

You don't defrag SSDs man.

[Deleted]

ah right cool, thank you :]

[the game]

Yeah don't ever defrag an SSD unless you want to damage it.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Yeah don't ever defrag an SSD unless you want to damage it.

Wear it down faster is probably more correct here .

[Daedius]

First thing people tell you about SSDs, never defrag them...

[the game]

Wear it down faster is probably more correct here .

Worn down means it isn't operating at peak efficiency. That means it's damaged.

[Masark]

Worn down means it isn't operating at peak efficiency. That means it's damaged.

It'll still operate at peak efficiency. It will just wear out sooner. Though with modern flash, that means it will "only" last decades rather than centuries, so the difference becomes somewhat academic.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Worn down means it isn't operating at peak efficiency. That means it's damaged.

Every write operation of an SSD wears it down though. It's just that defragmentation would do so unnecessarily. Not to mention it would negate the effect of the wear leveling algorithms. It was a nit pick, mostly because damaging makes it sound like a lot more than it is.