davenicoll Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Got my 60gb SSD OCZ installed and Windows 7 64bit on it... Wow lightning fast or what... One question... I have O & O Defrag version 12.5... Can I use that to defrag the SSD or is it best left alone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remko Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hi Dave, my understanding: best to be left alone. Simplified explanation: Defrag on a physical hard disk aligns the blocks of any single file to be next to each other, so that they can be read by the drive head almost in one go without having to move the head from one side of the disk to another, which takes lots of time. SSD don't have physical heads so the time penalty doesn't apply. It also appears that SSDs have limited lifespans in regards to write operations (at least the earlier ones, but this might still be valid). Any defrag will cause many blocks to be read and written all over the place, often a number of times. So a defrag supposedly would shorten the lifespan of your SSD, with hardly or no improvement of performance. So, best to be left alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenicoll Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Thank you Remko... Now the hard work of re installing FSX begins ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milamber Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Yes, random read is [at least] as fast. There are, however, defraggers that have SSD algorithms built in. I leave mine alone. HTH. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 There are, however, defraggers that have SSD algorithms built in. Must be utter marketing nonsense... I would never ever defrag an SSD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alainneedle1 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 NEVER defrag an SSD ever....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florian455 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 NEVER defrag an SSD ever....... This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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