SSD Defragging

Understand defrag rules related to SSD drives.

John Savill

November 3, 2014

1 Min Read
SSD

Q: If my SSD gets extremely defragmented, should I defrag it?

A: No. SSDs want to be fragmented because fragmentation actually improves the wear-leveling of data over many blocks. You should never defragment an SSD.

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