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What is your opinion on defragging an SSD? I originally heard that it would shorten the life. Now I hear that the durability of SSDs is better and they can be defragged. |
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Didn't see a pie chart, Bob. EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry, I decided not to include the chart. Here it is: http://askbobrankin.com/ssd_shipments.png |
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Tom, as there is no mechanical movement to need to minimize in an SSD there is no reason to defrag an SSD. The reason for defragging and adjusting interlace was that the mechanical movement in a magnetic drive was a big part of the delay. |
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SSD rewrites are a theoretical factor in service life but as usual lifetime is not defined by the "pundits". your SSD may become unusable after 20 years with heavy use. If you defrag, then 19.99 years. Your computer might already be effectively obsolete after 5-7 years. The point with SSD is that defragging is pointless. There is no need to have file data physically close together to reduce distances travelled by the mechanical arm of a traditional drive. There is no arm and no travel. SSDs do not delete deleted data immediately in order to save wasted time/ energy. You can use TRIM to delete the deleted files if you want. |
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Total agreement Bob. Have an SSD on my baby and one on her laptop. The other computer is so slow herself keeps shouting 'Hurry up I haven't got all minute' at it. Best thing since sliced bread! Jon |
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I was an early adapter 2 years ago, but the SSD drive in my desktop crashed after only a few months, and I panicked and pulled the one in the laptop as well. I have way too much critical stuff to have that happen. Glad to hear the reliability is getting better. |
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I bought a 400GB Sandisk SSD and installed it along with the standard HD, putting the operating system and programs on the SSD and using the HD for data. Worked fine until Win 10AU which wouldn't install no matter what I tried. Finally disconnected the HD and Win10AU installed correctly. Very odd. |
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is there any way to get rid of or disable microsoft edge,after the anniversary update patch to win.10?it seems like there arn't many options for other browsers to be your'e default search engines. thanks, stevekozzy |
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@stevekozzy to "get rid" of Microsoft edge, you can change the default browser to your choice. Click Start > Settings > Default Apps > under Web browser click on Microsoft Edge then change to your choice. |
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You can disable Edge Browser in Settings and select IE or any other Browser as default. When checking email I use Google Chrome as the window is set up the way I like it and text can be enlarged by holding down the control key and pressing the + key as many times as you wish to enlarge it. make it smaller Control - (minus). |
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Thank you, Bob! This article came just in time as I will soon be looking for a new system drive to replace my old 74G WD Raptor drive that I have been using for over 10 years in two different builds. |
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Defragging an SSD is not recommended. I've looked up TRIM and would like to erase deleted things to clean it up but have not found enough specific info to be confident to do it. |
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CAUTION: SSD's are great but don't store pictures, music, etc. long term unless they are powered. Over time they lose their charge/data when stored with no power. |
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Got a new Lenovo laptop a couple of months back which came with an SSD. At first, I was a bit reluctant to embrace this, but Holy Cow is it fast! I am a convert! |
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I have defragged a combined SSD and XD disk (my C drive). Is this likely to have caused any harm? I have since read that it's not a good idea. |
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If one does not have the tech-savvy to install an SSD, where do you suggest I go to have this done, Bob? Anyone? EDITOR'S NOTE: Your local computer repair shop, office store or electronics store would be a good place to look for that service. |
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The tip by JC on longterm storage is crucially important. Additionally, I build custom machines for demanding applications. CAD/CAM and pro level video productions. I've build machines which lasted 15 years using spinning HDDs. If SDD's last 5 years that's a minor miracle. About half of my SDD builds fail after 2 1/2 years. Also, you should always Disable, pre-fetch, super-fetch and indexing. Trim must, must always be on. If you have sufficient main memory, you should disable OS virtual memory/paging. |
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I read about SSDs being a better performance improvement than adding memory, so I tried it and put my O/S on it and Wow!Cut my start up time by 1/3 and my CPU runs 15 degrees F less. My download speeds increased from about 5MB to high 20s. Another wow! It is well worth the $147 I paid for the 250GB drive. |
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Bob, personally, I use WD Enterprise (gold label) HDD's available up to 8TB. |
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It's amazing how technology is changing things! Probably, by no later than five years, the HDD will be obsolete technology, and desktops and laptops will be sporting only SSDs with, possibly, 1 TB or larger capacity drives, right from the factory. The future of laptops will be like HP's Envy series or Lenovo's Yoga line: ultra lightweight and ultra portable, and stripped of disc drives and audio jacks, and utilizing only several USB-C ports, an Ethernet connection, and two slots for high capacity Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. The good old HDD will join CRT monitors, 2.5" and 5" floppy drives, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM burners, 56K fax modems, on-board sound cards and dot-matrix printers, to name a few, in Technology Heaven. However, computer and storage drive makers will need to develop easier and more reliable ways for end-users to permanently delete files and/or wipe SSDs, for security reasons, when they are ready to dispose of the machine. |
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