Defragmenting an SSD

[shovenose]

I have a 32GB SSD in my laptop. My file fragmentations is at 43%, which is pretty bad, (at least I think it is).

I want to defrag it but I've heard lots of things, ranging from "It won't do anythigng" to "it will make your SSD blow up"...

Any advice?

[c_hegge]

NEVER under any circumstances defrag an SSD. It wears them out quicker amd they actually work better with the files fragmented since, unlike a
mechanical HDD, they can read in several places at a time. In windows 7, if it detects that you have an SSD, it actually disables defragging.

[shovenose]

oh. ok

[Klinc]

Why is it fragmented? do not touch a ssd with a defragmentation program. Is trim enabled?

[shovenose]

It is windows xp on. a transcend 32gb ide ssd...trim isnt supported!

[c_hegge]

You can get IDE SSDs?

[shovenose]

$115 newegg.com

[c_hegge]

Oh, right. If only I still had my Toshiba Portege M300. I had an aftermarket battery which stuck out the back a bit for it. It lasted about 10 hours on a mechanical HDD. It would have been nice to see what it would have done with an SSD (12 hours maybe?).

[RWenger]

I have one of that laptop's successors: a Toshiba Porgege M780. I'll post specs in the "Post Your Computer" thread.

[c_hegge]

yeah. porteges are great little machines