Stopping Defrag on SSD Drive

[Hotfeet]

All,
I'm running Win 7 Ultimate x64 on a desktop with the OS loaded on an Intel 160GB G2 SSD as C:. I've noticed that Defrag is happening on the SSD drive. I've confirmed this in two ways: First, looking at the Last Run date in the Disk Defragmenter UI. The date associated with the SSD drive C: continues to move forward. Second, I've looked in the event log and have confirmed that there are messages stating the successful defragmentation on the C: drive.

I have 3 drives in my system. The SSD drive is C:. I have 2 WD 750GB drives as D: and E:. If I look at the Defragmentation Schedule UI, only drive D: and E: appear. Just to be safe I turned off Scheduled Defragmentation and Defragmentation has stopped on D: and E: but continues on C:.

Looking at the event log, there seems to be no discernable pattern as to when the defrag happens on the SSD:

12/19 12:15pm
12/17 9:49pm
12/16 7:13pm
12/15 11:13pm
12/14 10:33pm
...

I can't find any place to stop Defragmentation from happening on C:. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[mitchell64]

Hello Hotfeet, you said you turned off scheduled defrag have you also done that in Task scheduler

 

[Hotfeet]

Hi Mitchell, thanks for your reply. I hadn't gone into the task scheduler, so I just disabled the task in the task scheduler. I had previously turned of the Defrag schedule in the Defragmenter UI and that worked since my D: and E: drive were no longer getting defraged.

But the times that the SSD is being defraged don't seem to be associated with the Defrag task. The Defrag task runs once a week at 1AM Wed. The SSD drive is being defraged every day or two at no set time. I've tried looking for ways to turn off defragmentation off completely, but i haven't found a way yet.

Thanks

 

[mitchell64]

Hi Mitchell, thanks for your reply. I hadn't gone into the task scheduler, so I just disabled the task in the task scheduler. I had previously turned of the Defrag schedule in the Defragmenter UI and that worked since my D: and E: drive were no longer getting defraged.

But the times that the SSD is being defraged don't seem to be associated with the Defrag task. The Defrag task runs once a week at 1AM Wed. The SSD drive is being defraged every day or two at no set time. I've tried looking for ways to turn off defragmentation off completely, but i haven't found a way yet.

Thanks

There maybee several Trigger Rules written if you have a look around, you can select trigger then select properties in the right hand pane. Select trigger again then edit
then you can untick Enabled for each trigger that you want.
I still would have thought that disabling scheduled defrag from from the defragmenter would have stopped all scheduled runs though

 

[Hotfeet]

I believe I found the culprit... It turns out that Norton Internet Security has a defragmentation program that runs on the boot volume. For those interested, the exact setting is: Idle Time Optimizer.

I disabled this feature.

Thanks

 

[smackheadz]

oops i think the op is trying to stop it happening i just replied to a post that has disappeared

 

[Duckeenie]

Think I maybe the culprit I realised my mistake and deleted my post

 

[smackheadz]

Think I maybe the culprit I realised my mistake and deleted my post

many thanks i thought i was seeing things

 

[Duckeenie]

Well judging by your Nick you may well be but that's another story

 

[smackheadz]

Well judging by your Nick you may well be but that's another story

merry christmas

 

[mitchell64]

I believe I found the culprit... It turns out that Norton Internet Security has a defragmentation program that runs on the boot volume. For those interested, the exact setting is: Idle Time Optimizer.

I disabled this feature.

Thanks

Thank you for posting your results Hotfeet. turned out to be the simplist of things but something easily overlooked
Posting your result really helps others if they pick up this thread in a search
Best wishes for Xmas & New year