Windows 10: Defrag Network Drive

Discus and support Defrag Network Drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Can I defrag a USB drive that is attached to my router without removing the drive and attaching it locally to my desktop? 46937 Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Charlie210, Apr 10, 2016.

  1. CHARLIE210
    Charlie210 Win User

    Defrag Network Drive


    Can I defrag a USB drive that is attached to my router without removing the drive and attaching it locally to my desktop?

    :)
     
    Charlie210, Apr 10, 2016
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  2. SARAHKONG
    SarahKong Win User

    Stop windows from defragmenting my SSD!!!

    Hi Bob I get this all the time when I teach the Windows 10 course and I will tell you what I tell my students.

    Yes, Windows does put all your drives even if they are SSD in the Weekly defrag schedule.

    However, Windows will NOT defrag an SSD weekly, at the most it does this once a month. And you are right that SSD drives don't get fragmented as often but they still can get fragmented. So the defrag utility will first check to see if if requires a defrag before
    defraging. It actually does that on all types of drives.

    And for SSD drives it doesn't do the same "traditional defrag" as with HDD drives.

    It actually uses a TRIM feature to defrag SSD drives.

    So you don't need to disable it all. I have a laptop that has a SSD drive and it has been running Windows 10 for 2 years with defrag enabled it is absolutely fine.

    I hope this helps. Take care.
     
    SarahKong, Apr 10, 2016
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  3. THOMASRICHARDSONZH
    ThomasRichardsonZH Win User
    Can not get Defrag Windows 10 System System hard dics drive to work?

    I have numerous times to get my System disc hard drive to defrag to 0%. As of now it is still at 39% defrag. Is their that I can go directly to Windows 10 System disc hard drive to defrag ? Thanks for any help.
     
    ThomasRichardsonZH, Apr 10, 2016
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  4. ZZTEMP
    zztemp Win User

    Defrag Network Drive

    I'm not 100% sure, but i don't think this can be done.

    Mainly because, when defragging a drive, the location of the data is very important, but with network communication, i don't think this is being sent. So it would be hard to read and re-locate/write this data to another location.

    Also, performance-wise i don't think this would be the ideal situation ... .
     
    zztemp, Apr 10, 2016
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  5. SML156
    sml156 Win User
    I just checked my drives, On the left is my C: drive on the right is My USB drive connected to my router NOTE: there are no option's to run Disk Clean also no tools tab where defrag is.

    Defrag Network Drive [​IMG]
     
    sml156, Apr 10, 2016
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  6. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    More than likely your network is going to be the bottleneck in accessing the USB drive - not fragmentation of the files. To me defragging the drive would only increase physical wear and tear on it and not improve data transfer rates.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 10, 2016
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  7. LMILLER7
    LMiller7 Win User
    A disk defrag cannot be done on a network drive. This requires a low level of access to the drive that is not supported over a network connection.
     
    LMiller7, Apr 10, 2016
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  8. CHARLIE210
    Charlie210 Win User

    Defrag Network Drive

    Thanks for everyone's response.
     
    Charlie210, Apr 5, 2018
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