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I've been using SSD's now for a while, and when I got my first one, I was told to never Defrag an SSD.
Ok, I can deal with that, but if the files on a spinner (old style, mechanical hard drive) can get fragmented, why wouldn't the files on an SSD get fragmented too? And wouldn't that downgrade performance after a while?
I've heard about "Trim" on an SSD, but I don't really understand it.
Back when I was still running a Spinner on my main PC, I used to perform the "Perfect Defrag" by backing up the drive and then doing a Restore, so all the files were re-written to the drive in perfect order, with NO spaces between files and NO Fragmentation. Would that work OK on an SSD?
Is there an SSD Expert in the house?
TM
Ok, I can deal with that, but if the files on a spinner (old style, mechanical hard drive) can get fragmented, why wouldn't the files on an SSD get fragmented too? And wouldn't that downgrade performance after a while?
I've heard about "Trim" on an SSD, but I don't really understand it.
Back when I was still running a Spinner on my main PC, I used to perform the "Perfect Defrag" by backing up the drive and then doing a Restore, so all the files were re-written to the drive in perfect order, with NO spaces between files and NO Fragmentation. Would that work OK on an SSD?
Is there an SSD Expert in the house?
TM
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win-8.1/Pro/64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer X-1200
- CPU
- AMD 2 Core
- Motherboard
- Acer
- Memory
- Crucial, 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDEA GeForce 9200
- Sound Card
- On Board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 24" Acer
- Hard Drives
- Sandisk, SSD 500GB
- PSU
- Acer
- Case
- SFF Slimline
- Keyboard
- emachines 101 key
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless
- Internet Speed
- 5 Meg
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- Using Classic Shell on Win-8.1 /pro/64