RFoxAllenIII Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 After purchase, when first running Defraggler, my drive was about 4% fragmented. I run Defraggler once or twice each day. Now a little over a month later, I'm can't get less than 15% fragmented. Typically there are 10 to 15 files causing the fragmentation. However, if I defragment them individually, I can still only get to 15%. Why does the fragmented portion keep increasing and what can I do to make it go the other direction? My disc is a Samsung SAMSUNG MZ7PA128HMCD-010H1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted August 12, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2017 Is this drive not an SSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted August 12, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2017 Such a small amount of fragmentation should be left alone. There's no such thing as 0% fragmentation, Windows becomes a messy child while you defrag (it refrags). Don't forget that over defragmenting (doing it too often) can/will kill a hard drive. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted August 13, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 13, 2017 please don't defrag a SSD. there is simple no point any more, it's a left over constraint from the HDD days. the physical differences in the way SSD's store data eliminates any need for defragging. all you need is an occasional Optimise. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFoxAllenIII Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 It's an HDD. In running my multiple defrags, I found it was the index files that were causing the biggest issue. The page files are large, but I wouldn't expect them to be defragged. The index file kept getting larger and larger. So I rebuilt the index, it reset at a much smaller size and now I'm running 2-4% fragmentation. Much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted August 14, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2017 Are you sure it's a HDD? All googling turns up SSD for the model number you provided ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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