Windows 10: defragging solid state drive

Discus and support defragging solid state drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; is it true that the life of your solid state drive will be shortened by using windows built-in defragging tool?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by DeanLarsen2, Nov 22, 2019.

  1. DEANLARSEN2
    DeanLarsen2 Win User

    defragging solid state drive


    is it true that the life of your solid state drive will be shortened by using windows built-in defragging tool?

    :)
     
    DeanLarsen2, Nov 22, 2019
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  2. KEITHCARTER74
    KeithCarter74 Win User

    Hard drives -Windows 10 is identifying my hard drives as solid state and cannot be defragmented

    Is the drive actually a solid state drive? If it is, Windows won't let you defrag the drive since you should never defrag a solid state drive. There are a finite number of read/writes a solid state drive is designed for and defragging the drive accelerates
    the wear and tear on the drive. Since the I/O on the solid state drive is exponentially faster and there isn't any advantage to moving the data together as you would find in a spindle drive, there's no change in performance.
     
    KeithCarter74, Nov 22, 2019
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  3. DONALD EAGER
    Donald Eager Win User
    Windows Defrag

    When running defrag, there is a drive listing for Windows RE Tools. It shows as a solid state drive and that it has never been defragged. It will not optimize. Clicking on it does nothing. Any suggestions?
     
    Donald Eager, Nov 22, 2019
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  4. JERRYMARCIANO
    JerryMarciano Win User

    defragging solid state drive

    When defragment is run media type shows solid state drive which is not installed.

    Original Title: defragment

    when I try to run defrag. media type shows solid state drive which I dont have. I can highlight the drive but can't preform any funcition

    window show solid state drive which i don't have
     
    JerryMarciano, Nov 22, 2019
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