[link/topic] Should You Defrag an SSD?

4 messages · started by Devi Garcia on Jun 21, 2020

[link/topic] Should You Defrag an SSD?

From Devi Garcia · Jun 21, 2020

this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot presentation for the next meeting.. that not everyone was aware SSDS don't really need defragging and/or could be bad for them.. so i found this article about it...

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“Defrag your hard drive” has been the cure-all advice for PC performance woes since the command line was the standard interface for home computers. It’s a technique meant to improve the performance of traditional mechanical hard drives, but do you need to defrag an SSD

These newer solid-state disks operate on completely different principles than mechanical drives, so is there any reason to still do it? More importantly, could it actually be bad for your SSD? 

To understand the answers to these questions, we have to dig a little under the surface of what it means to “defrag” an SSD drive.


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[link/topic] Should You Defrag an SSD?

From Devi Garcia · Jun 21, 2020

this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot presentation for the next meeting.. that not everyone was aware SSDS don't really need defragging and/or could be bad for them.. so i found this article about it...

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“Defrag your hard drive” has been the cure-all advice for PC performance woes since the command line was the standard interface for home computers. It’s a technique meant to improve the performance of traditional mechanical hard drives, but do you need to defrag an SSD

These newer solid-state disks operate on completely different principles than mechanical drives, so is there any reason to still do it? More importantly, could it actually be bad for your SSD? 

To understand the answers to these questions, we have to dig a little under the surface of what it means to “defrag” an SSD drive.


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Re: [link/topic] Should You Defrag an SSD?

From Charles Breaux · Jun 21, 2020

thanks Devi good article.

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 8:40 AM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:
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this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot presentation for the next meeting.. that not everyone was aware SSDS don't really need defragging and/or could be bad for them.. so i found this article about it...
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“Defrag your hard drive” has been the cure-all advice for PC
this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot presentation for the next meeting.. that not everyone was aware SSDS don't really need defragging and/or could be bad for them.. so i found this article about it...

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“Defrag your hard drive” has been the cure-all advice for PC performance woes since the command line was the standard interface for home computers. It’s a technique meant to improve the performance of traditional mechanical hard drives, but do you need to defrag an SSD

These newer solid-state disks operate on completely different principles than mechanical drives, so is there any reason to still do it? More importantly, could it actually be bad for your SSD? 

To understand the answers to these questions, we have to dig a little under the surface of what it means to “defrag” an SSD drive.


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Re: [link/topic] Should You Defrag an SSD?

From Rex Bouwense · Jun 21, 2020

Excellent.  (Rex has already moved to change the slides for the presentation on Saturday.)  I was completely unaware of this until educated by Devi.  Then again, why should we be concerned.  Because we tell people to defrag their computer before coming to an installfest if they desire to dual boot a Linux OS with Win10.  If they are using an SSD, it may not be required.  Learn something new every day.
Rex

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this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot
this was brought up when overviewing the latest dualboot presentation for the next meeting.. that not everyone was aware SSDS don't really need defragging and/or could be bad for them.. so i found this article about it...

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“Defrag your hard drive” has been the cure-all advice for PC performance woes since the command line was the standard interface for home computers. It’s a technique meant to improve the performance of traditional mechanical hard drives, but do you need to defrag an SSD

These newer solid-state disks operate on completely different principles than mechanical drives, so is there any reason to still do it? More importantly, could it actually be bad for your SSD? 

To understand the answers to these questions, we have to dig a little under the surface of what it means to “defrag” an SSD drive.



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