I have no personal experiences to share, but I know the why of the question. Each sector of a SSD is good for a finite number of read/write cycles before failing. Just a limitation of the technology. To maximize drive lifespan, SSDs have various tools built into the firmware that makes sure that the wear and tear is spread evenly with no concentrated areas of degradation that could cause early failure of the drive. Defragmentation overrides these tools so all of the data is kept neatly in a tightly packed and optimally ordered block where all of the reading and writing occurs while the rest of the drive is kept clear and pristine. This has the same effect as speeding up time just for the drive or maybe running a read/write benchmark tool on the drive day and night. The drive will age and fail in very little time. So, this why it is important to turn defragmentation off with an SSD.
Hth, Chris T Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Rod Hutton via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: Hi David, Thanks very much for this. Defrag of my SSD was on, as no doubt this is the Windows 10 default, and I've turned this off as you suggest. Can you share more about your personal experience and/or explain why this destroys SSD drives? Thank you, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of David via Talk Sent: October 29, 2015 6:44 PM To: Josh K <joshknnd1...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: new ssd Josh, Great to hear your new SSD works well, and that you got the transfer done in a swift. Just for a friendly reminder - though you may already know all of this - be sure to turn off all disk defragmenting software you have, or any other excessive disk writing software. Search the net, if you want more info. SSD's are rather sensitive to writing cycles, and if you do not turn off things like defragmenters or wipers, your newly enjoyment could soon enough end in wreckage. Just wanted to remind you, since I managed to damage a brand new SSD in very short time, myself. > On 10/29/2015 10:40 PM, Josh K via Talk wrote: > hey i used macrium reflect with window eyes the cloning process was > not too hard it worked fine and the new ssd is nice and fast. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40h otmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/blindcat7%40gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
