SOLVED Defrag....De-Lovely

[Bif]

Quick question about defraging in 10, I was always under the impression that you only defrag "C" drive when doing so...well I just checked my "Default" defrag settings and everything is checked..I realize that it physically is all the same drive but should they all be checked? or should only the "C" drive be checked for defragmentation?

...or maybe I shouldn't be thinking of such things at this time of evening!

 

[Regedit32]

Hi Bif,

That is really bizarre in my view.

There is no point defragging the Recovery Drive unless its the one being created when you install Cumulative updates, as that may get a little messy given there are regular updates.

The only partition worth defragging would be the one with the OS on that you are hoping will perform better after a defrag. In this case the C partition I assume.

 

[Bif]

I agree Regedit32, I found it bizarre as well...I generally don't bother with the whole process but I thought I'd check the nooks and crannies to see what 10 had checked, and as usual was surprised at the findings.
Now I'm keeping fingers crossed that it didn't bugger anything up after all this time of weekly defrags..
I Will uncheck everything except C partition now.

 

[Norton]

Bif I only defragg C: on a weekly schedule.

 

[Bif]

Thanks Norton, will follow suit from no on!...

 

[Regedit32]

Now I am curious,

Does those settings get set even for those with Solid State Drives?

I sure hope not.

 

[Trouble]

Yep.... this is the default on my system

Nothing I've changed to alter it.

 

[Wolfie]

I use "Defraggler Free" myself!.

https://www.piriform.com/defraggler

I have no idea about SSD's as I don't have any electric powered PC's, all mine run on gas!.

 

[davehc]

You might like to read this, by the guy in charge of optimization:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheRealAndCompleteStoryDoesWindowsDefragmentYourSSD.aspx

 

[Regedit32]

Thanks for sharing that davehc.

I'll be the first to confess to my ignorance on this.

Excellent article that has taught me not to rely on old beliefs and realize modern techniques are far more advanced that I realized.

 

[Tim Locke]

I think my C: SSD is being optimized once a month or so by the Windows internals as that article suggest will happen.

 

[Regedit32]

I think my C: SSD is being optimized once a month or so by the Windows internals as that article suggest will happen.

Yes the article seems to suggest that is the idea. I am a little confused on that given Troubles posting where it shows weekly. I think they were saying that Windows recognizes its SSD via that Trim or the dfrgui and then sets it to once a month for the SSD.

Not entirely sure; but it does seem defragging is needed on SSDs just not as often as the HDDs.

Presumably, the settings you see are overridden if its a SSD.

 

[Tim Locke]

Well it is showing 19 days since the last 'optimize'. I am running the latest production W10 Home.

 

[Bif]

@davehc
Great article!..sheds much light on the issue.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Regedit32]

Well it is showing 19 days since the last 'optimize'. I am running the latest production W10 Home.

Thanks I guess that definitively proves its likely to be monthly then. Good to know.

 

[Norton]

Great article!
I think the article mentioned Windows will recognize an SSD. Windows will defrag an SSD on a monthly schedule, and only if Windows determines defragging is required.

 

[Norton]

@Bif Said "maybe I shouldn't be thinking of such things at this time of evening!
Bif We are glad you got out of bed because Windows Defrag was keeping you awake.
Look what we all learned today.