To defrag or not to defrag? (non-SSD)

margrave55 · 21 Sep 2018

Me neither.

jimbo45 said:

I've never found defragging HDD's even from as far back as Windows 3.11 the slightest bit of use ever.

pietcorus2 · 21 Sep 2018

I think you are right !
It ruins your hardware and no need............
Im only trimming my SSD once a month , thats enough..............

RoasterMen · 21 Sep 2018

I only defrag my drive once every two months.

f14tomcat · 21 Sep 2018

pietcorus2 said:

Dont ever ( !) defrag HDDs with OS-backups on it ( Acronis, Macrium,Aomei , etc )...............Your backups could not function anymore !!

Do you have a link to the documentation to support that? I'd be interested to read it. Thanks.

pietcorus2 · 21 Sep 2018

Only speaking of my own experience about derfagging backups on HDDs ..........

f14tomcat · 21 Sep 2018

pietcorus2 said:

Only speaking of my own experience about derfagging backups on HDDs ..........

Ok. Was not sure. I have never heard that defragging destroys backup images. Didn't want new members or guests to get the wrong impression.

pietcorus2 · 21 Sep 2018

Sorry, my experience is not important .............

f14tomcat · 21 Sep 2018

pietcorus2 said:

Sorry, my experience is not important .............

Oh, not true! It's just that without some details, statements like you made could be easily misconstrued. Everybody's experience is important. That's why we are here.

If you could explain a little what happen with your experience, it could help others.

ignatzatsonic · 21 Sep 2018

Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but weren't there at least occasional problems with defragging apparently causing issues with images when those images were made with the built-in imaging tool under Windows 7?

As I recall, the problem surfaced when you tried to restore---everything appeared OK while making the image file, only to be disappointed when it mattered later.

f14tomcat · 21 Sep 2018

ignatzatsonic said:

Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but weren't there at least occasional issues with defragging apparently causing issues with images when those images were made with the built-in imaging tool under Windows 7?

No idea. Haven't used that in years. But it wouldn't surprise me. May be part of the reason MS is deprecating that backup option and recommending to use third party vendor software.