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It’s Friday so relax and watch a hard drive defrag forever on Twitch
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| 8/17/18
| Devin Coldewey
Posted on 08/17/2018 5:32:15 PM PDT by Eddie01
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Jump right in with this embedded link to the live stream defrag.
https://www.twitch.tv/twitchdefrags
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:32:15 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:38:39 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("When they go low, we go spy." - Hillary Clinton campaign slogan)
To: Eddie01
I used to like watch my old ones clean themselves but SSD’s put an end to that.
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:40:38 PM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is what I read in the papers.)
To: Flick Lives
Much preferred the Win95 defrag routine.
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:41:33 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
To: Ouderkirk
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:53:43 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: Eddie01
On a clear disk you can seek forever.
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posted on
08/17/2018 5:56:49 PM PDT
by
BikerJoe
To: Eddie01
Its been a while since I defragged years, probably, because these days for a number of reasons computers dont really need to.
Say what?
To: Ouderkirk
To: BikerJoe
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posted on
08/17/2018 6:17:33 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
I have windows 8, my daydream is a fragging in a war zone
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posted on
08/17/2018 6:22:01 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Flick Lives
the astounding peeks and pokes made possible by cutting edge small scale electro-mechanical technology is fascinating
the progress graphic provides a window into a defrag
you see how much information is fragmented and what it takes to put it back in sequential order
...and root for the yellow boxes of tidiness and efficiency, “Yes!”
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posted on
08/17/2018 6:34:26 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
I don’t know anyone who did this that didn’t end up watching it. BTW, do NOT defrag an SSD.
To: WXRGina
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posted on
08/17/2018 6:48:15 PM PDT
by
logitech
To: Billthedrill
try convincing an OCD person of that!
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posted on
08/17/2018 7:26:39 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
To: Eddie01
Sh1t. We crashed it.
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posted on
08/17/2018 7:30:33 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Billthedrill
"BTW, do NOT defrag an SSD."
Windows 10 will intelligently defragment your ssd once a month, along with a trim. It's debatable as to how much of a performance increase you will actually receive, but the danger and risks to your ssd lifespan has been far overstated, I myself defrag my ssds using the windows 10 tool and have experienced no ill effects to my system.
The real and complete story - Does Windows defragment your SSD?
To: Eddie01
This is the only thing I hate about SSDs. I’d like a program that at least pretends to defrag. Just made you feel better, like taking a hot shower.
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posted on
08/18/2018 5:32:57 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(We are getting even more than we voted for.)
To: Johnny Diamond
If you own an SSD there is simply no point in worrying about fragmented files as those disks can access their storage randomly. Where traditional hard drives access sequentially.
Defragging your SSD will only increase the read/write count and thus reduce the lifetime of your disk.
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:20:49 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
To: Eddie01
For Linux users, use a live CD to run fsck (fsck -fn [/path/to/your/partition]). A live CD will ensure all partitions are unmounted. The fsck will report the percentage of fragmentation. Anything above 20% would indicate a possible need for defrag. And anything that high would be a rarity. Usually it reports in the 3% range.
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:28:38 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
If it’s unnecessary why does windows 10 do a trim on the ssd then?
as far as lifespan, they are rated to withstand 100gb a day writes (typically) for the warranty period (3 to 5 years). Even if you defrag an ssd once a week I would bet that your ssd would outlast every other component on your computer except for maybe the ram.
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