Remove C and System reserved from Defrag

[UnknownReverent]

I just recently got an SSD and I was wondering if I could remove the C drive and System Reserved from defrag, but leave my other hard drive in there so I don't accidentally defrag my SSD.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

SSDs are typically recognized as SSDs by Windows and are NOT part of a standard defragmentation.

But you can certainly confirm your defrag settings to be sure that regular hard drives are defragged and SSDs are not.

Right click the drive, choose properties, then tools, then defragment now. Then "configure schedule". In my case, the SSD is not even listed as a choice under "select disks".

 

[UnknownReverent]

SSDs are typically recognized as SSDs by Windows and are NOT part of a standard defragmentation.

But you can certainly confirm your defrag settings to be sure that regular hard drives are defragged and SSDs are not.

Right click the drive, choose properties, then tools, then defragment now. Then "configure schedule". In my case, the SSD is not even listed as a choice under "select disks".

I go to the defrag and it still shows the c drive and system reserved, which is my SSD. So it still shows it in the defrag. I'll probably use the defrag for my tb drive that I have, but I don't want to accidentally defrag my SSD.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I go to the defrag and it still shows the c drive and system reserved, which is my SSD.

Post a screen shot of the screen in which the C drive is shown.

Just because it is shown in the screen below doesn't mean it will be defragged.

C is an SSD on my system. It is not defragged and is not part of the defrag schedule.

 

[UnknownReverent]

It shows it exactly like that with the system reserved as well. They're both the SSD. I don't want to accidentally click it and hit defrag. I'm a bit of a perfectionist too, so it will annoy me if it shows how much it's fragmented. It will make me want to defrag it. Lol. I'm a bit OCD about it I guess.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

it will annoy me if it shows how much it's fragmented. It will make me want to defrag it.

If it annoys you, why would you voluntarily open defrag to take a look?

That's a rhetorical question.

Do you have a similar impulse to delete partitions when you examine them in Disk Management?

 

[UnknownReverent]

it will annoy me if it shows how much it's fragmented. It will make me want to defrag it.

If it annoys you, why would you voluntarily open defrag to take a look?

That's a rhetorical question.

Do you have a similar impulse to delete partitions when you examine them in Disk Management?

Lol, no. I don't open disk management unless I'm making partitions. I open defrag to check how much a disk is fragmented to defrag it. This is my first SSD and I'm not used to seeing something fragmented that I shouldn't defrag. I am a bit curious why you don't have a system reserved though.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I am a bit curious why you don't have a system reserved though.

System Reserved partitions are optional.

I chose not to have one when I installed.

 

[UnknownReverent]

I am a bit curious why you don't have a system reserved though.

System Reserved partitions are optional.

I chose not to have one when I installed.

I've only seen Windows 7 do this, but I was always curious why there was one and if there would be a difference without one.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

System Reserved contains files--but those files can be placed on C if you prefer. If they are on C, you don't need System Reserved.

 

[UnknownReverent]

Back to what I was saying though, there's no way to get it off of that screen is there?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Not that I know of.

 

[UnknownReverent]

The main reason I ask is because I open defrag to check what's fragmented. I don't use a set schedule. Then seeing something fragmented, I want to defrag it. Not used to having an SSD considering it's my first. I'll have to try to get used to it and hope I don't defrag.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

If you have an SSD and no other drive, I guess you will have to try to restrain your inclination to open defrag since the fragmentation level doesn't matter.

If you do have another drive, you'll have to deal with the SSD sitting there, glaring at you, begging to be defragged.

 

[UnknownReverent]

If you have an SSD and no other drive, I guess you will have to try to restrain your inclination to open defrag since the fragmentation level doesn't matter.

If you do have another drive, you'll have to deal with the SSD sitting there, glaring at you, begging to be defragged.

Lol, I have my SSD and a tb hard drive. So I'll have to deal with it glaring at me. If I don't hit analyze by accident, then I should be fine.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Analyzing is harmless as far as I know.

And defragging isn't going to ruin it as far as I know.

 

[UnknownReverent]

Analyzing is harmless as far as I know.

And defragging isn't going to ruin it as far as I know.

I've seen in multiple places that defragging can reduce the life of the SSD.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Analyzing is harmless as far as I know.

And defragging isn't going to ruin it as far as I know.

I've seen in multiple places that defragging can reduce the life of the SSD.

That's right---if you do it repeatedly.

So can writing to it.

Not only can, but will. The question is how much.

I have not seen anything that says how much a single defrag hurts. So if you can't control yourself and do defrag it, I suspect the SSD will still work.

 

[Alejandro85]

Much of the "damage" of defragging an SSD is mostly a myth than a reality. It of course causes it to wear off a little, as well as defragging a regular hard disk, and as well as a regular use of an SSD. If you don't tempt yourself too much there should be no problem. Many of the benefits of defragging are meaningless by the nature of SSDs, but I would consider it anyway because it helps with a possible data restoration in case of accidental deletions.