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Lol this. Dont need to defrag SSDs these days
Windows has had a built in defragmenter in every version of Windows, so I'm not sure why you'd need to buy one.
Defragmenting only made sense for old-fashioned "spinning rust" hard drives, where it could speed up reads by organising contiguous data so the drive head didn't need to travel as much.
For solid state hard drives used in modern computers, it's completely unnecessary and could even lower the lifespan of the drive by making unnecessary reads/writes
A lot of people still use standard hard drives but Windows comes with a built-in defragger. It's not really clear what the advantage of this software is.
not really clear what the purpose of this software is.
It exists to convince people to install it on their computers. Why? Unless it’s open source, we might never know.
@PainToad: Much like the anti virus software getting around when Windows Defender and being informed is more than enough to protect most.
It can still be useful if you need to partition your drive and you want all the data to consolidate to one end of the drive. A very specific use-case.
"It defrags solid state drives"
Do you know what defragging does and why it is advantageous? Obviously not otherwise you'd realise it's completely pointless defragging SSDs, and will in fact dramatically shorten their lifespan due to unecessary wear.
Do yourself a favour, uninstall this doorstop.
Whilst I hold no opinion on either side of this discussion its good to remember that if the FAQ is coming from the same guys trying to sell you this product, its probably a good idea to do your own independent research.
Yes but then you are failing to understand why defragging an SSD is not necessary.
For example, do you even know why defragging a normal hard drive was important? If you knew that answer, you would know why an SSD is pointless.
Yeah, nah. I won’t read their BS FAQ.
it is almost impossible for home users to bring the SSD to its limits of writability.
Chia would like to say hello. It is now staring menacingly over the shoulder of your Samsung 980 Pro with old firmware.
It is impossible to defrag a SSD, the computer has no idea or control over the “physical” or even logical locations of the data under the file system.
The SSD handles it all, all you can do is invoke a TRIM command.
I hear that with each new version, the placebo effect gets 10% stronger
“Free”
And lol at defragging SSDs.
I think I tried this in the late 90's or early 2000's.
Didn't do anything then that Windows defrag didn't already do.
Not sure anything would have changed now.
Odd really that the only company who have 'discovered' that SSD's need defragmentation is the company selling the defrag software…
Everyone else says DON'T DO IT!
https://www.google.com/search?q=do+ssd+need+defrag
It’s like BP trying to tell electric car owners their cars do actually need petrol.
I used this Defragger and I thought it was pretty good.
The UI is similar to Auslogics' Defragger.
I recommend this for tech-savvy individuals.
EDIT:
To everyone complaining about the SSD defrag portion of the software, you can ignore it if you wish and still comfortably use the program and its benefits.
So what are these "benefits" that the standard Windows defragger cant do?
You can upgrade your SSD sooner rather than later…
for tech-savvy individuals.
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Yes, because you probably wouldn't have the slightest idea of what type of files should go where on each HDD.
Thanks OP. I still use mechanical drives for back-ups and project storage so this will come in handy.
Why? Your OS already has the functionality.
Only been using it for a few hours, but to answer your question
I was previously using Auslogics Disk Defrag (Limited free version, which is comparable to Windows Built-In Defrag) but obviously this unlocks pretty much the same functionality as Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro
Yes Windows Defrag is fine for most. I just prefer more options and functionality (Per se).
Solid effort on taking the time to list all that.
I gave a brief post pretty much saying that it's worth using and I immediately got some thumbs down, so I didn't bother elaborating to this extent.
I was quite happy using this defragger, but when I eventually updated to v26, a particular version of it or a compatibility problem caused a heavy RAM leak problem. There's no need to move to v26 IMO and v25 is great just the way it is.
The single feature that I like which I don't recall this defragger having is the option to leave additional room after a single file for growth. I think it can leave a % of the file after it in space, but it applies to all files and not an individual one.
I hope you enjoy using it, I've tried Iobit's Smart Defrag 8 Pro, Auslogics Disk Defrag Ultimate, Defraggler and O&O's. This one is my favourite currently.
Why would you need a program to defrag your computer? Do people even defrag their computers anymore?