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Is it safe to use the optimize and defragmenting settings with a SSD /Please answer I am new to PC gaming

Anonymous
2024-07-14T06:16:40+00:00

The thing about it is that online it says not to do it because it will defrag your SSD but when I look on other site it says you should optimise it with that setting because it speeds it up, when I look at the two my SSD when I do click optimize it says trimming and not defragging while my hard drive says defragmenting and not trimming is it okay? BTW: I have seen another post and it says the optimize button will optimize it differently automatically meaning it will TRIM if there is an SSD and DEFRAGMENT if it is a HARD DRIVE is this true? I'm not sure but my PC was lagging before and seems to be running normal now but at this point I don't know can someone help me?

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-07-14T06:59:30+00:00

    Yes, that is correct, optimizing an SSD will not cause any problems on your system and it should speed up your system.

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-07-14T06:50:42+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    It is safe to optimize an SSD drive, Windows will automatically TRIM an SSD and Defragment an HDD, those are the correct operations, because an SSD does not become fragmented.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-14T06:56:05+00:00

    okay so it wont get damaged by using the setting?

    and BTW will it speed up your windows if it were being slow and you had not optimized it?

    Thanks

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  3. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-07-14T07:13:04+00:00

    Glad to help!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-14T07:12:19+00:00

    Thank you so much have a great night or day depending on where you are c:

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