Windows 10: Do I need to defrag my Hard Drive?

Discus and support Do I need to defrag my Hard Drive? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Yes. Leave Optimize drives current schedule on. For SSD drives it performs garbage collection + TRIM commands. Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Yeremyah, Oct 24, 2015.

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  1. ELPUSHER
    eLPuSHeR Win User

    Do I need to defrag my Hard Drive?


    Yes. Leave Optimize drives current schedule on. For SSD drives it performs garbage collection + TRIM commands.
     
    eLPuSHeR, Oct 25, 2015
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  2. YEREMYAH
    Yeremyah Win User
    Yeremyah, Oct 25, 2015
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  3. AXE0
    axe0 New Member
    No program is 100% bullit proof, meaning if there is a bug with their trimming function you are the one who has to pay for it.
    I wouldn't recommend it.
     
    axe0, Oct 25, 2015
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  4. YEREMYAH
    Yeremyah Win User

    Do I need to defrag my Hard Drive?

    How can I know the MS Windows Optimize isn't buggy?
     
    Yeremyah, Oct 25, 2015
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  5. AXE0
    axe0 New Member
    Simply by not using it.
    Since I installed my SSD in my laptop, I haven't defrag/trim anything in months.
     
    axe0, Oct 25, 2015
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  6. ELPUSHER
    eLPuSHeR Win User
    I have used the portable version. I don't like what is supposing to do for optimizing SSD. MS just takes 1 to 2 seconds. This is slower.
    I have also found that its "defrag + optimize" algorithm is slightly buggy. It tends to shuffle a lot of data all around the disk. And it moves any file it wants, even if it humongous and it isn't fragmented.

    Now that you ask, I prefer Puran Defrag but watch it for its installer. It will try to install some PUPs.
     
    eLPuSHeR, Apr 4, 2018
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