Why is Windows defragging my SSD?

fdegrove said:

If you mean defragging as in a typical spinner than no, that just can't be true.
Windows 10 has no clue on how to figure out where the actual files are stored on an SSD for it can't possibly talk straight to all types of controllers.
Even if it could, there still would be no point in defragging an SSD drive

Read the article... as I understand it, it says that the benefit is because the file system itself can get so fragmented that it can't represent all the parts of each file.

It’s also somewhat of a misconception that fragmentation is not a problem on SSDs. If an SSD gets too fragmented you can hit maximum file fragmentation (when the metadata can’t represent any more file fragments) which will result in errors when you try to write/extend a file. Furthermore, more file fragments means more metadata to process while reading/writing a file, which can lead to slower performance.

Hi,

DavidY said:

Read the article... as I understand it, it says that the benefit is because the file system itself can get so fragmented that it can't represent all the parts of each file.

Sorry but that is a load of crap by people that have not a single clue about how SSD controllers work.

That said, some companies designing controllers have no clue either. Phison, do you read me ??

As mentioned before, while fragmentation is a non-issue on home systems there are ways to prevent it etc. But on home systems ??

The misconception is on their end. Just reading that stuff makes me laugh. What nonsense that is.
Want to defragment your SSD ? Be my guest. Make sure to benchmark before and after.

Cheers,

Hi,

swarfega said:

Sorry but I would have to agree with @CountMike on this. Its dangerous to defrag an SSD and I've experienced that first hand. When I got my very first SSD back in the day, I defragmented it ONCE and it stopped functioning so I had to return it for a replacement.

I'm not saying any different but dangerous ? Not nowadays.
Thing is, it's totally pointless.

Most modern SSD controllers take care of things all by themselves anyhow.

Cheers,

You can check if your trim is enabled in the command prompt

This may not answers all your questions but I found this in-depth analysis very interesting:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheRea...ntYourSSD.aspx

Cheers,

WOT

Happened again today. Event Viewer shows " the storage optimizer successfully completed defragmentation on Window C:" and also the same message with WinRE_DRV. Trim is enabled and it "optimized" the drive either right before or right after the defrag.

Hard to believe that nobody here can answer why it is doing this or what exactly it is doing. Please don't post another link to the Scott Hanselman blog, I'm not convinced he has any idea what he is talking about.

Why has Microsoft purposely evaded answering this question ever since Windows 8 was released? All we get is a blog post?

bumboola said:

Hard to believe that nobody here can answer why it is doing this or what exactly it is doing. Please don't post another link to the Scott Hanselman blog, I'm not convinced he has any idea what he is talking about.

Why has Microsoft purposely evaded answering this question ever since Windows 8 was released? All we get is a blog post?

Why would someone posting on a forum convince you when someone who literally works for Microsoft (Scott Hanselman) who has talked to the Windows developers who maintain the defrag utility doesn't convince you?

Evaded? Please explain how they have evaded anything.