defrag - cripes ! 2 hours !!! - poll

how often do you defrag your drive/s ?

  • daily

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • once a week

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • once a month

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • once a quarter

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • Total voters
    5
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Wallace

can't remember when I last defragged the drive - 2 years ? of the 21.8gb used space
8gb needed to be defragged, and it took 2 hours
used the free Piriform Defraggler - http://www.piriform.com/defraggler ~
"SSD drives are now handled correctly when drives are queued for defrag."

and don't forget CCleaner also Recuva - same site

also used the System File Defragmenter which defrags on 'next boot' -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals - a Lot of utility programs all free

and yes, there is a noticeable increase in speed of operations

so, how often do you defrag your drive/s ?
 
Every couple years depending on write/erase activity.

It really comes down to how often you write/erase to the disk. With normal user activity you shouldn't need to defrag as often as those options listed in the polls.
 
Quote from Wallace:

can't remember when I last defragged the drive - 2 years ? of the 21.8gb used space
8gb needed to be defragged, and it took 2 hours
used the free Piriform Defraggler - http://www.piriform.com/defraggler ~
"SSD drives are now handled correctly when drives are queued for defrag."

and don't forget CCleaner also Recuva - same site

also used the System File Defragmenter which defrags on 'next boot' -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals - a Lot of utility programs all free

and yes, there is a noticeable increase in speed of operations

so, how often do you defrag your drive/s ?
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get an SSD. NO defrag.
 
Quote from Cdntrader:

get an SSD. NO defrag.
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That's conventional wisdom.

However some claim that in spite of conventional wisdom, SSDs perform better when not all fragged... which has been my perception also.

Defragging an SSD is MUCH faster than on a spinner.
 
Use a quality ssd with a good controller.

Quote from Scataphagos:

That's conventional wisdom.

However some claim that in spite of conventional wisdom, SSDs perform better when not all fragged... which has been my perception also.

Defragging an SSD is MUCH faster than on a spinner.
More...
 
"So, no, you should not defrag an SSD. And performing one will actually reduce the
life of your drive. All of the SSD manufacturer’s know of this problem and they have
come up with an optimization technique with the use of the TRIM command."
http://helpdeskgeek.com/featured-posts/should-you-defrag-an-ssd/

SSDs / flash drives have a limited life, remember seeing that on a flash I bought but
couldn't think of an easy way to keep a record of my use of it

if at some point such drives fail, can the data on the drive be accessed, and how ?
 
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