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Do I need to run defrag on an SSD?

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Mar 15, 20262268 views
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Possible Duplicate: Do SSDs suffer from fragmentation? Is there an advantage to it? I mean, SSD is essentially random access memory.

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Fix for: Do I need to run defrag on an SSD?

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You said it yourself, SSDs are random access. Defragmenting them, as such, provides no benefit, but also wears down the drive by performing a lot of writes. Most modern OS' turn automatic defragmentation off when you're using an SSD, so just don't dā€¦

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