Defragmenting (Optimizing) SSD Win 10 Recovery & EFI Partitions ?


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    Windows 10, Debian Devel, FreeNAS, Zentynal
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    Defragmenting (Optimizing) SSD Win 10 Recovery & EFI Partitions ?


    Hi

    I have a Sandisk 240GB SSD with Win10 installed and I have the built in defragment/optimizer task scheduled to TRIM out the OS partition of the drive on a weekly basis, however, I didn't know whether or not to have it optimize the other system partitions as well...the Recovery & EFI ones. Should I enable that as well?

    It reports that both of those partitions need optimization.

    Tim
      My Computers


  2. Posts : 13,896
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #2

    N9NU said:
    Hi

    I have a Sandisk 240GB SSD with Win10 installed and I have the built in defragment/optimizer task scheduled to TRIM out the OS partition of the drive on a weekly basis, however, I didn't know whether or not to have it optimize the other system partitions as well...the Recovery & EFI ones. Should I enable that as well?

    It reports that both of those partitions need optimization.

    Tim
    Usually those partitions are not or should not be used for storage of data, don't have much room on them anyway. One could defrag them but I never do. If on the SSD I'd think it best to use TRIM.
      My Computers


  3. Posts : 2,832
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    Hi,

    I didn't know whether or not to have it optimize the other system partitions as well...the Recovery & EFI ones. Should I enable that as well?
    Even if you tried you won't be able to and they're not required to be optimized either as there's simply no file activity on them anyhow.
    IOW, you may as well exclude these partitions from the optimization/defrag schedule.

    Usually those partitions are not or should not be used for storage of data, don't have much room on them anyway
    Short of some external software trickery you won't be able to write to these either and in any case should not.

    Cheers,
      My Computers


 

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