Your present defragmentation schedule is going to happen in the early hours of the night, and will wake up your PC to do it, and probably shut down itself afterward. If the idea of that disturbs you, a monthly schedule is perfectly adequate. Reactions: Dawn Ok, my main question about defragging it is how often? Isn't once a week too often? Thanks jobeard, just got it. Windows 7 is supposed to ran the defrag automatically. Click to expand Ok, thanks.
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Replies Views 11K. Nov 3, Gastec. Windows 11 will make it harder to switch from Microsoft Edge to an alternative browser. Replies 50 Views 3K. The defrag utility starts moving file fragments around. This activity causes a lot of read-modify-write operations to the flash memory. These tasks are also fundamental to the file system fragmentation speed from the OS standpoint.
If not, it checks again next week. Regardless of what drives you have in your PC, there are two simple steps to get around the problem. The new task runs when triggered by automatic maintenance. If you routinely work with an administrative account, you can create a basic task instead.
A better question is whether the right product group is aware. Feb Scott Hanselman was asked on Twitter about the issue. He made a statement in the comments here and also replied in Twitter:. Bad message but no actual defragging happens. I guess «bad message» means that the defragmentation message recorded in the event log is erroneous.
However, if Windows erroneously reports SSD defragmentation without actually performing it , as sort of confirmed by the team, I have a few simple questions. You have to read the entire post and get familiar with the arguments and evidence. Then it may take a month or so to reproduce the defrag.
Only the product team can stop sending the bad message to the customers and clarify the issue from the technical standpoint by answering the questions above. I took my time analyzing the problem, clearly identifying the culprit, collecting the logs, submitting a very detailed bug report along with all logs to MS Connect where it died. So I strongly suggest you do the homework before claiming that information posted here is incorrect.
Please look into the problem with an open mind and stick to the facts, and not claims based on your beliefs. View the full size image This is another new Windows 8 feature primarily aimed at improving power efficiency and extending battery life in mobile PCs.
How to check if your SSD has been defragmented Filter the «Application» event log by the event from defrag or run this PowerShell command: Get-EventLog -LogName Application -Source "microsoft-windows-defrag" sort timegenerated -desc fl timegenerated, message Alternatively, you can use my CheckBootSpeed utility that automatically collects all information and displays it to you. Required conditions The Task Scheduler service must be enabled as well as defrag and maintenance tasks.
How to perform disk defragmenter in Windows Vista? Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click System and Maintenance. On Administrative Tools, click Defragment your hard drive. When the User Account Control dialogue box appears, click Continue. When the Disk Defragmenter dialogue box appears, click Defragment now. Defragmentation puts these pieces back together again. The result is that files are stored in a continuous manner, which makes it faster for the computer to read the disk, increasing the performance of your PC.
Solid-state Drives SSDs should not be defragmented. If a partition is stored on a data medium that indicates it is an SSD, Windows 7 will not defragment the partition. This also means that SSDs of larger capacities generally have longer life spans than do smaller ones. Defragment at Least Once per Month As a general rule, any time your disk is more than 10 percent fragmented, you should defrag it.
In Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7, you can schedule defragmentation to happen as often as necessary. Defragmenting is important to keep your hard drive healthy and your computer up to speed. Most computers have in-built systems to defragment your hard drive on a regular basis. Over time, however, these processes can break down and may not work as effectively as they used to.
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