do i need a defragger?

snadge · 18 Jul 2011 at 03:35

I have got an 60Gb SSD Vertex 2E and a 500Gb HDD Seagate 7200.12

should I use perfectdisk defrag? - it shows an 'optimize' feature for the SSD which "consolidates free space" , but it also has OPTI-WRITE which basically prevents fragmentation by defragging on the fly as files are written - this potentially can slow performance I think, will it be using this on the SSD or not?

thanks

Philtor · 18 Jul 2011 at 03:58

You do not need to Defrag a SSD and shouldn't. The only thing I do with my Vertex 2E is leave it at the logon screen for a few hours every now and again to enable it to do it's garbage collection.

James J · 18 Jul 2011 at 04:03

If your SSD has trim on it you really shouldn't use defragment on it at all. Windows disables defrag on an SSD with TRIM supported and enabled on it in windows 7 so using a 3rd party program to go around that would be a seriously bad idea.

snadge · 19 Jul 2011 at 01:22

leave it at logon screen for few hours??? sounds a bit strange that...

i have checked and PerfectDisk doesnt defrag SSD's - it does have SSD optimize though which consolodates free space - wonder if that helps or should I disable that>?

Philtor · 19 Jul 2011 at 13:05

snadge said:
leave it at logon screen for few hours??? sounds a bit strange that...

It's known as idle time garbage collection and is managed by the firmware of the SSD.

OLDPHART · 19 Jul 2011 at 15:31

You can use CCleaner to wipe free space, just do it once in a blue moon.

setter · 19 Jul 2011 at 15:50

philtorrens said:
It's known as idle time garbage collection and is managed by the firmware of the SSD.

+1, This is all i ever do with mine.