johnp57 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 What is the best option & how often should I defrag free space? I know allowing fragmentation is faster but which actually frees more space & helps keep the drive optimized? `My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,The lone and level sands stretch far away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larek Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) All depends on you use. For most Cramming all your files into a pile on your OS disk will increase fragmentation quickly and things like log files cannot grow as is, and fill quickly fragment. However, if your Adding to your drive LARGE files, then have big continuous free disk is good to not fragment them. Also if your doing things like Partition/Filesystem, or even Virtual Disc Re-Sizing, then u will want all your data crammed into one pile as tight as possible Edited October 8, 2020 by Larek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted October 9, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) You replied to a question from Feb 2019. Topic closed. Edited October 9, 2020 by Andavari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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