Hello
I've just cloned a HDD to a 480gb Sandisk SSD and replaced the said HDD in my windows 7 ultimate Dell PC. Defraggler worked perfectly on the HDD but now BSOD on the SSD. I've uninstalled and re-installed but this just freezes the system. Otherwise the system is working well. I've installed a Samsung SSD on a different PC. and defraggler works well with that system. Any suggestions?
first up, there is absolutely no performance gain in running a defrag process on a SSD.
in fact, the wear levelling mechanics in the firmware of the SSD should actually make sure all cells are equally written to, so in fact, SSD's tend to have high fragmentation.
we shouldn't even think of it as 'fragmentation', that's just a left-over terminology of the HDD era.
TRIM is all a SSD needs.
but as to your BSOD, does the second line of the BSOD give an error message/number?
or at the bottom of the BSOD, is a filename mentioned?
Hello mta,
thank you for your reply. I understand that indeed there is no point in defragmenting an SSD drive but defraggler also has an Optimise function for SSDs - so that is useful. Also I use the SSD as my C:Drive which contains the OS and application/program files. I keep all my Data on a separate HDD so that is why I want to use defraggler.
Regarding the BSOD issue - as I said in my original post since re-installing defraggler I don't get the BSOD BUT the system freezes and I have to use the big off button.
My laptop is a dell XPS M1330 circa 2009
It runs windows vista home premium sp2
I have run defraggler on this laptop since 2009 and with good success
On march 23rd my hard drive began showing many bad blocks, this was a 7200 rpm HItachi 220GB drive.
I replaced the HItachi drive with a new SCANDISK SSD PLUS 240GB
REinstalled system using a macrium image from 2012 of a clean windows install. Ran all updates and added current apps
When I started defraggler it ran fine but it checked upadtes and told me I had 2.12 and the latest was 2.21. I let it installl 2.21.
Started 2.21 BSOD
tested a few older versions of defraggler and settled on 2.16 which ran ok.
I wanted defraggler for defragging free space on my external USB WD My Passport Ultra 500GB where I store Macrium images.
I know I do not need to use defrag on the SSD drive.
Further testing
######## Reinstalled the Hitachi drive
installed and tested each version of defraggler from 2.12 to 2.21.
Installed fine
analyze worked
defrag worked
######## Reinstalled the Scandisk SSD PLus 240GB
installed and tested each version of defraggler from 2.12 to 2.21. 2.17 through 2.21 had problems
Installed fine
Failed to BSOD when started
######## Loaded a WinPE 3, and a WinPE 5 version from USB
INstalled and tested 2.21
SSD drive partition showed and could be accessed
Installed fine
analyze worked
defrag worked
Summary:
installer works
runs ok even with SSD in system
Can not start on a partition from the SSD drive
################ testing today
Installed defraggler 2.21 on c:\Program Files\defraggler on SSD drive
Started Defraggler 2.21
within 3 seconds it crashed to BSOD
On restart the system gave this data
04-05-2016 10:54
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 8086
BCP1: 00000000
BCP2: 00000000
BCP3: 00000000
BCP4: 00000000
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini040516-03.dmp
C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-36878-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Temp\WERBA78.tmp.version.txt
Minidump data from C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini040516-03.dmp
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: iastor.sys
If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x00008086 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
*** iastor.sys - Address 0x8ae4b425 base at 0x8ae0f000 DateStamp 0x4883d53b
==================================================
Filename : iastor.sys
Address In Stack : iastor.sys+3c425
From Address : 0x8ae0f000
To Address : 0x8aee8000
Size : 0x000d9000
Time Stamp : 0x4883d53b
Time String : 7/20/2008 8:15:55 PM
Product Name : Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver
File Description : Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver - ia32
File Version : 8.5.0.1032
Company : Intel Corporation
Full Path : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\iastor.sys
==================================================
==================================================
Filename : ntkrnlpa.exe
Address In Stack : ntkrnlpa.exe+10213c
From Address : 0x81809000
To Address : 0x81bc4000
Size : 0x003bb000
Time Stamp : 0x56b53f6d
Time String : 2/5/2016 8:33:49 PM
Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
File Description : NT Kernel & System
File Version : 6.0.6002.19598 (vistasp2_gdr.160205-1520)
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Full Path : C:\Windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
==================================================
conent of WERBA78.tmp.version.txt
Windows NT Version 6.0 Build: 6002 Service Pack 2
Product (0x3): Windows Vista Home Premium
Edition: HomePremium
BuildString: 6002.19598.x86fre.vistasp2_gdr.160205-1520
Flavor: Multiprocessor Free
Architecture: X86
LCID: 1033
content WER-36878-0.sysdata.xml
I wanted to make this an attachment but the system is not letting my upload it right now
Contact me separately if you need the xml doc